A list of good reads

• Nitin Sreedhar in Mint Lounge takes a look at Indian creators on Insta that are breaking down sports like football and Formula One to make them more accessible.
• Smithsonian Magazine has a fascinating feature on forensic entomologist Paola Magni who uses bugs to help solve murders. 
• Harsh Mander in Scroll writes about a heartbreaking tale of the lynching of a young Muslim man in Delhi.
• New York Magazine identifies the next target of artificial intelligence: social media influencers. 
• The Conversation warns that crash diets are extremely harmful and could have permanent consequences. 
• Also in The Conversation: Max Chapnick writes about his quest to discover the possible pen name of ‘Little Women’ author Louisa May Alcott.
• Wall Street Journal (splainer gift link) takes a deep dive into Boeing’s years-long manufacturing mess that eventually led to the Alaskan Airlines debacle.
• Variety notes that the sexual assault allegations against prominent actor Gerard Depardieu is a watershed moment in the #MeToo movement in France.
• The Guardian looks at science writer Gary Taubes’ latest book that argues the treatment against diabetes is behind the disease’s epidemic. 
• Vox interviews neuroscientist Gul Dolen on how psychedelics could be the key to unlocking the treatment for all kinds of diseases.