Today’s list of universities

RIP.

The great American writer Paul Auster has passed away. His wildly inventive body of work will outlive all of us, but it's also his way of looking at his art and life that'll stay with me always. Especially this one conversation with his old friend—filmmaker Wim Wenders—from 2017.

Insane

If in Delhi, please join. Tomorrow at 5:30 pm.

Bombay people come! This Thursday, May 2, I'll be talking to Jayant Kaikini, Shanta Gokhale, Tejawini Niranjana about this lovely book and writing Bombay. It will be amaze, come off!

Many of you are wondering why Prajwal Revanna videos didn’t hit the news cycle before since they have been doing rounds for months. There are two reasons. One is that he got a court gag order last year itself claiming videos may come. This is a list we made of other gag orders

Even by the current standards of the Election Commission of India, this is outrageous.

He walks 10-12 km daily to distribute 700-1000 fliers. He meets everyone with love and affection.
My father, Prof VK Tripathi’s only mission is Harmony and Equality.
Whenever I walk with him, it breaks my heart if someone ignores him or rejects his flier. I get furious, but…

On the history of the Impressionist painting and its traces in the Indian art world. Lovely weekend read.

lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story…

To be fair, the Congress manifesto promises some pretty neat stuff. It deserves a read. Here, download it for yourself manifesto.inc.in

Whether it will make an electoral difference, I don't know -- but it is true that the Congress manifesto got more play here than manifestos do any more thequint.com/opinion/congre…

Widespread complaints in Mathura from people who arrived at the polling booths only to be told their names were missing from the rolls.

Incisive reporting by Rokibuz Zaman — interesting details on how lower caste Muslim communities in Barak Valley region are opting for the BJP. Scroll.in

scroll.in/article/106707…

The biggest inequalities in life occur at birth. Some are born abysmally poor, some rich beyond imagination. This has nothing to do with their hard work & has no moral justification. This is the reason why an inheritance tax to curb inequality is a must in any civilized society.

'Modi’s 2nd term has seen the lowest period of GDP growth since India liberalized its markets.

Per capita income over the past 10 years grew half as fast as the decade under Manmohan Singh

Stock market returns are lower than in the previous decade.'

time.com/6969626/india-…

I don’t know why Congress is being so defensive. If ever there was a time for a billionaires’ tax it is now. The richest 1% own 40.5% of India’s wealth and it’s getting worse every day.