Interesting Reads (and more)

Stuff to check out

Hi,

Hope you are doing well. I don’t want to bore you with too many books, so a short detour today. Today, I am recommending a podcast and a book.

The Seen and the Unseen, by Amit Varma

You know those Monday mornings where you dread waking up to do some mind numbing office work on Word or Excel and wish you could quit your job and do something intellectually stimulating? Well the world is a hard place and we are stuck in our jobs, but TSATU just gives you that nice kick in the morning to exercise your mind. It takes you across behavioural economics, discussions on cricket journalism, Mughal history, and features some of the smartest people in the country.

This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan war, by Samanth Subramanian

The horrors of the Sri Lankan genocide is something our generation has heard of only in the news. While we are aware of the final solution, the Rwandan genocide, it is unfortunate that our knowledge of something so close to home is negligible. Read this book as an introduction to the massacre, for some fascinating characters in the book, Samanth’s brilliant prose and storytelling.

Looking forward to writing to you soon.