Weekend Reads

  1. In the Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta explains how the national anthem verdict is a reminder of how slight the Supreme Court’s authority has become.      
  2. Modi’s attempt to crush the black economy is hurting the poor, says the Economist, in a harsh indictment of demonetisation.      
  3. In Mint, Aashish Chandorkar explains the problem with the Unified Payments Interface and how to fix it.      
  4. In Open magazine, Ullekh NP writes about the injustice and lies behind the Indian state’s ban on the Student’s Islamic Movement of India.      
  5. In the Caravan, Atul Dev and Praveen Donthi chart Rajat Sharma’s path to becoming India’s most powerful editor-entrepreneur.      
  6. In the Indian Express, Aakash Joshi argues that demonetisation, like the Cultural Revolution in China, is meant to usher in a behavioural change at levels of society      
  7. What does a close study of “inner speech” reveals about why humans talk to themselves? Julies Beck writes in the Atlantic.      
  8. Have you found yourself checking email at dinner, or skipping from book to screen, unable to focus? In the Guardian, Jonathan Safran Foer explains how technology is diminishing us.      
  9. In Nautilus, Amanda Gefter tells the story of how a young Albert Einstein tried to prove the theories of Ernst Mach even when it went again his own.      

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