A list of good reads

• Wired reports on the revival of the calorie-rich, nutrient-dense, and climate-resilient breadfruit—which can step in for more common staples that can’t handle global warming.
• Economic Times has a fascinating piece on the borderless new generation of Indian-origin gangsters, establishing a foothold in countries like Canada and Australia, among others.
• Financial Times (splainer gift link) explores the rise of the Indian tourist, as higher incomes motivate more people to travel. 
• The Hindu has an intriguing read on the growing initiatives of death literacy in India, from death cafes to writing your own obituaries. 
• The Atlantic (splainer gift link) decodes author Yuval Noah Harari’s apocalyptic vision about the dangers of AI, and whether we can avoid them.
• Grazia has a piece on how an affair, a love child, and a ‘porn goddess’ caused A-lister rockstar Dave Grohl’s ‘nice guy’ image to fall apart. 
• Speaking of celebrities, Scaachi Koul in Slate writes about why we refuse to see who Brad Pitt really is. 
• Vox has a piece about the beverages like prebiotic sodas and collagen waters trying to do the most, and why consumers are into it. 
• Maya Singer in Vogue wonders what’s going wrong with pants in fashion this season.
• Amanda Silberling in TechCrunch makes a case for why the games on LinkedIn are actually fun.