A list of good reads
- Grist reports on the new wave of ‘beanless coffees’ that are more environmentally sustainable than the regular cup of joe.
- Arthur C Brooks in The Atlantic (splainer gift link) highlights the five pillars for happiness identified by the great Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung.
- Allie Volpe in Vox argues that the perpetual quest for self-improvement is making people more miserable than ever before.
- New York Times (splainer gift link) lays out the debate over whether countries should follow Ireland’s example and slap cancer warnings on booze.
- Interview Magazine has a rare, extremely candid interview with Rihanna.
- Mint Lounge points out the new trend in Bollywood films—doing election-time PR for the BJP.
- Trisha Gupta in Indian Express argues that the optimism in the film ‘Laapata Ladies’ is a plea for a more benevolent state.
- Popular Mechanics has a nerdy but fascinating piece on humans’ quest for immortality and the law of physics standing in the way of that.
- Soutik Biswas in BBC News reports on why India is unprepared to handle an impending summer heatwave.
- Rest of World exposes Swiggy's shocking practice of linking health insurance to delivery worker rankings.
