A list of good reads

• Washington Post (splainer gift link) has a great piece on MidJourney—the AI imaging tool that doesn’t seem to follow any rules—and that isn’t a good thing.
• New York Times (splainer gift link) has an excellent guide to fragrances—and the difference between a perfume, eau de toilette, parfum, eau de cologne.
• Indian Express has an interesting piece on the rising power of the coach in the IPL—often paired with ‘weak captains’.
• Speaking of IPL, Telegraph UK via The Telegraph offers a contrarian view on player salaries—arguing they are grossly underpaid.
• Remember all the big plans to give Dharavi a big shiny makeover? Mint explains why nobody wants to revamp Mumbai’s slums.
• The Cut has a rare piece celebrating the value of narcissism.
• The Print looks at Delhi’s monkey problem—and why it seems impossible to solve.
• Article 14 has a powerful report on the many ways Muslims are changing their behaviour to survive in an increasingly hostile country.
• Christophe Jaffrelot in The Wire lays out why the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi may be a turning point for the opposition.
• FiftyTwo looks at a fascinating new theory on the death of Subash Chandra Bose.
• Suzanne Heywood in The Guardian tells a compelling tale of a childhood destroyed by a father—who dragged the family on a sailing trip around the world, following the footsteps of Captain Cook.