Subscriber Anita Rao Kashi wrote in to recommend this banger. The demi-god of Carnatic music—Sanjay Subrahmanyan—dropped a new song for Coke Studio titled ‘Urudhi’. It is seriously good stuff—and you don’t need to understand Tamil to appreciate it. Wait for the midway mark—when Tamil sufi singer Arifullah Shah comes in. Indian Express has more on the song.
SANITY BREAK MAY 15 2023
Rémi Cabarrou aka Roger Kilimanjaro is an art director and motion designer whose trippy CGI animations are visual ASMR that’s relaxing and immensely satisfying.
SANITY BREAK MAY 18 2023
A set of photographs are currently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art—as part of an exhibition spotlighting works by female artists making statements about women in the Islamic world. Our favourite is by Kazakh artist Almagul Menlibayeva, titled ‘Red Butterfly’.
SANITY BREAK MAY 19 2023
Pakistani singer Hasan Raheem’s ‘Aisay Kaisay’ is the perfect kind of mellow to help you sail into a long, lazy mood.