A list of good reads
- CNN reports on how the Modi government set up NGOs for trans people, but never gave them any funds to operate.
- With Rupert Murdoch’s whopping fifth marriage hitting headlines, it’s a good time to go back to this Vanity Fair feature on the breakdown of his third marriage.
- New Yorker has a fascinating piece on the up and coming research on the concept of existential risk—and what it portends for the future of humanity
- NPR details the surprising facts about dreams—why we have them, and what they could mean.
- New York Times (splainer gift link) has a deep dive on why caffeine intake leads to anxiety.
- Also in New York Times: a stunning study that disproves everything we were taught about how taste buds on the tongue work.
- Nautilus has an interesting interview with music expert Stephen Sanfilippo on the history of sea shanties and maritime folk music.
- BBC News has a delightful piece on ships wrecked in World War II that are now home to thriving ocean wildlife.
- Shoaib Daniyal in Scroll writes about the diminishing returns of Modi's hate-filled and Hindutva-powered campaign speeches.
- A good watch: the ground realities behind the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
