A list of good reads
- Mint has a great recap of the longstanding cricket rivalry between India and Pakistan—in time for the T20 in the US.
- Sticking with cricket: Indian Express has a lovely piece on Virat Kohli’s great popularity in Pakistan.
- Praveen Chakravarty in Deccan Herald explains the world’s first ‘Exit Poll Stock Market Scam’.
- Scroll reports on how Indian companies are using AI to screw over voice-over artists—and what they are doing to fight it.
- The Atlantic (splainer gift link) has a feature on the pesky problem of cloth-eating moths, and why it’s impossible to get rid of them.
- Wall Street Journal (splainer gift link) offers a deep dive into the epidemic of loneliness—the modern workday is fueling an epidemic of isolation.
- Hindustan Times has an eye-opening report on the unconscionable working conditions in Amazon India’s warehouses—in the midst of heatwaves.
- Slate profiles Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’—which has revived a genre of music that was never considered “pop” enough.
- Adrian Horton in The Guardian says sexy films are back in vogue in Hollywood—after a long dry spell.
- CNN has a fascinating feature on the hidden nooks and crannies of an aeroplane that can only be accessed by the crew.