the runarounds on prime is actually so freaking precious y’all like I am so endeared by the band and their future?? I know there’s layers to this show and all that but damnit if it’s not a beautiful show that encapsulates the post-high school summer feeling so so well

A tree is going locally extinct in UP, all to feed India’s paan masala sachet boom. Check out this fascinating piece by m rajshekhar carboncopy.info/how-indias-pan…

BREAKING!!!! Israel is bombing Gaza again! Will anyone stop these maniacs? Where are the ministers and heads of state who were celebrating “peace” just last week?

Collecting memories for my birthday jar

Audhd and being sickly (when not sick) = 24/7. Sigh

Chennai’s TNGMSSH, Omandurar Estate, has launched the CT Calcium Scoring test — a fast, non-invasive heart screening priced at just Rs 500. The test, usually Rs 5,000 in private hospitals, helps detect arterial blockages early, making cardiac care more accessible to all.

After months of screenings and a limited theatrical run, Humans in the Loop — set in Jharkhand and centered on an Adivasi woman working as an AI annotator — is now streaming on Netflix. The award-winning indie explores invisible labour,

Spent the week watching Hindi serials, reading supernatural romances, & listening to my old favourite Telugu songs. Peak teenage years nostalgia kicking in before I turn 30 tomorrow :P

#AutoQueens, the first Tamil film selected for the IDFA film festival, documents the lives of the founders of Veera Pengal Munnetra Sangam (VPMS) collective, the country's first registered women auto drivers' union, who also run a cooperative society. 🖊️ manasa r • മാനസ 🇵🇸 #DTNext

Please, read books. Not just captions, or carousel posts, or what made it to the top of your feed. Read books. Long ones. Complex ones. You cannot build a mind with weight on the back of social media ephemerals. Intellectual depth demands patience.

Some films expand identity, others flatten identity against itself. On Bison and Homebound. Counter culture column, for Frontline frontline.thehindu.com/columns/homebo…

The Girlfriend review: This Rashmika-starrer is a piercing study of patriarchy, control. Movie by ⁦Rahul Ravindran⁩ thenewsminute.com/flix/the-girlf…

Don’t miss this journey into the mind, world view, and art of this gifted writer and film director — Mari Selvaraj with The Hindu Journalists | A deep conversation youtu.be/3P7bdpA_ijI?si… via YouTube

Turned 30 this week.

Amid rising reports of BLO (booth level officer) suicides across the country, I spent a day with a BLO in North TN, Mohini* to understand the pressure behind the job. (1/7) TNIE Tamil Nadu