A list of good reads
- Reuters has a lovely interactive feature on how we can reduce greenhouse gases by not wasting food.
- South China Morning Post looks at the latest fusion food debacle: ‘Indian sushi’ made with butter chicken, biryani et al.
- New Yorker offers a surprising and eye-opening essay on the hidden harms of CPR.
- A Bloomberg News investigation reveals an astonishing fact: the world’s largest seller of abortion pills is sourcing medicines from a questionable Indian manufacturer.
- Atlas Obscura has a lovely feature on Jennie Wilde—the genius behind the outlandish spectacle of the New Orleans Mardi Gras.
- The Guardian has an interesting take on the precarious status of film critics—now that influencers are in the business of (mostly happy) reviews.
- Also in The Guardian: ‘Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline’—the kind of thing that you have to read if only for the title.
- Scroll explains why Indian politicians are increasingly giving interviews to social media influencers.
- Mongabay has a disturbing read on how surveillance technology for wildlife in Indian forests is actually infringing on the privacy of the communities that live in the jungle.
- New York Times (splainer gift link) introduces you to the latest dining aesthetic—’darkroom core’.
- Here’s something all parents can relate to from Lithub: how do you deal with a kid who doesn’t like to read—when you absolutely love it?
