A list of good reads
- Narayani Basu in Revolve offers a grassroots history of conservation in India—stories of everyday heroism that are buried by mainstream narratives.
- Vanity Fair has a deliciously gossipy read on the real-life ‘Succession’ drama unfolding inside the Murdoch family.
- Soumya Gupta reports on the state of the media & entertainment industry in India—with insights from the recent three-day FICCI Frames conference. TLDR: Indians love free content.
- New Yorker looks at the stupefying success of ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie.’
- EastMojo took the rare step of directly addressing criticism of its news coverage of the recent violence in Manipur.
- Alicia Kennedy explains why the art of recipe writing is about a lot more than just food.
- Wired has an excellent piece that pays tribute to Google Docs—and the power of boring technology.
- BBC News investigates the bizarre story of a teen and her mum who founded a wildly successful charity for seriously ill kids—except it was a scam fuelled by a darker disease.
- Founding member Lavisha Parab recommends two good reads: one, BBC Culture on the endurance of dating culture's most toxic stereotype: the 'bunny boiler'; two, an eye-opening read in FastCompany on the 30 critiques levelled at women leaders.
- The Telegraph reports on the mysterious Mumbai shipping company—whose fortunes have risen with dizzying speed thanks to the war in Ukraine.
