A list of good reads

• Financial Times (splainer gift link) asks: “Is India’s BJP the world’s most ruthlessly efficient political party?” 
• The Verge has an excellent feature on the invisible network of ships that keep the global internet working. 
• NBC News tells you what to expect from breakdancing as an Olympic event.
• Vintage Computing offers a great nostalgic read on the clip art from the early 1990s.
• Amanda Montei in New York Times (splainer gift link) explores a thorny and eternal question: Is sex essential to a happy marriage? Also in NYT: Catherine Pearson looks at whether the ‘Eldest Daughter Syndrome’ is real. 
• The Print has a ground report from the village of Punjabi singer Amar Singh Chamkila—whose residents are filled with bitterness and regret. 
• Harmeet Kaur in CNN explains why Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ is an attempt to reclaim Hinduism from divisive forces. 
• NewsLaundry curates New York Times’ India correspondent Emily Schmall’s speech on her experience with the Indian government. The word ‘tantrum’ was used. 
• The Atlantic  looks at the weird reinventions of the simple caesar salad.
• Vox has an interesting feature on the rise of AI-authored, trashy e-books on Amazon.