A list of good reads
- Washington Post (splainer gift link) has an explosive piece on how wealthy Indian American donors forced California Governor Gavin Newsom to veto the caste discrimination bill.
- Priyadarshini Chatterjee in Scroll highlights the Indian tradition of cooking curries with sweet fruits.
- Vox spotlights three Palestinian short films that highlight what life is like under occupation.
- Bloomberg News reports on the rise in antisemitism and islamophobia across the world triggered by the Gaza war.
- Also in Bloomberg News: how hallucinogens like magic mushrooms could help push the needle forward on climate change.
- BBC News has an interesting history of beauty filters in art.
- Hakai Magazine has a fascinating feature on how scientists spent 18 years looking for the Seamount beaked whale—a species they’ve heard of but never seen.
- The Atlantic (splainer gift link) has a lovely essay on the joys of intergenerational friendship—and why age shouldn’t matter when you pick friends.
- Rest of World has a very interesting deep dive on FoxConn’s struggle to make iPhones in India
- Newslaundry looks at the many welfare schemes promised by parties during the state elections.
