Cape Town could become first major city in world to run out of water after 90-day warning

This one because it can happen so easily in India, where we have seen water rifts in several small towns in the last decade. Water is the looming crisis the world over and especially in India. The poor are denied it. It has huge implications for social unrest.

Journalism in the age of Trump (with Maggie Haberman)

And this one because it’s a great conversation with an experienced journalist who speaks about, among other things, what the purpose is of using anonymous sources and when the reporter should push back on a source to reveal him or herself.  Preet Bharara adds novelty value because sada desi munda became a big shot in USA.

These are recommendations by Abhinandan Sekhri @AbhinandanSekhr

6 times normal people got screwed by their Twitter username

What happens in cases of “mistaken twitdentity”? Read on, for it’s the price many pay for being on Twitter, and also, some of it is funny.

This is a recommendation by Nida Fatima Siddiqui @justamuggle02

Aziz Ansari sexual harassment row has exposed India’s internet feminists

I would like to recommend this piece by Ashley Tellis regarding the selective media outrage and the mindless consensus by many young women around this new internet feminism.

This is a recommendation by Nidhi Suresh @nidhisuresh02

Aziz Ansari and the performance of masculinity

Since Ansari is in the news, I recommend Deepanjana Pal’s piece on the issue.

This is a recommendation by Manisha Pande @MnshaP

Movie recommendations

I would like to recommend two superb movies which actually released last week – The Post and Mukkabaaz.

These are recommendations by Atul Chaurasia @BeechBazar

Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits

The heartbreaking story of Kashmir and the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, a Hindu minority within a Muslim majority Kashmir.

Headlines from the Heartland: Reinventing the Hindi Public Sphere

A recommendation made during our Hindi podcast, NL Charcha.

These are recommendations by Anand Vardhan @anadvardhan26