A list of good reads
- New York Times (splainer gift link) reports on India’s ambitious quest to become the next semiconductor superpower.
- The Atlantic offers an eye-opening look at why women are increasingly using alcohol to manage stress.
- Also in The Atlantic: an interview with Walter Isaacson—author of the Elon Musk biography that’s the talk of the town. A related counter-read: The Guardian offers a scathing review of the biography—and the man.
- For cat owners: Calla Wahlquist offers a persuasive argument in favour of keeping your beloved pets indoors—also in The Guardian.
- Vox tries to figure out why ‘Suits’ is now a must-binge watch on Netflix. Warning: this one is strictly for fans of the show.
- Reuters offers a deeply reported piece on the many children who have died due to contaminated cough syrups—and why no one has been held accountable for this travesty.
- New York Times has a very good related read on the global divide between rich and poor countries—one gets medicine, while the other gets poison. Yes, Indian companies are part of the problem.
- Mohana Basu in The Print calls out the Indian government’s most prestigious science awards for not picking a single woman.
- Esquire offers a behind-the-scenes look at book cover blurbs—a system it describes as a plague on the publishing industry.
- Bloomberg News asks: how do you solve a problem like Adani?
