Weekend Reads
The inhuman factor
France's and, indeed, Europe's, unemployment crisis is the backdrop against which this drama plays out
Surefire ways to waste a Sunday
Where, my son, lolling in front of the television, says, 'You have had yourself a Sunday break, Dad, won't you cook us something nice for dinner?'
Over-communicate but don't micromanage: Handy tips for our new work ways
Building trust and confidence becomes all the more important in such uncertain times
 "Over-communicate but don't micromanage: Handy tips for our new work ways")
Much awaited weekend getaway
Three months after it broke down, the solar system was re-plugged, and the caretaker called to say we now have power at the cottage
The difficult life of a Gond painter
Patangarh is a village of artists which owes its artistic legacy to the great Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam
Animal instinct
Gaav inspires reflection on widely held, and poorly judged, ideas of what it is to be and appear and behave 'human'
 "Animal instinct")
How many disasters will Runa bear?
The lockdown has been hard on Ghorai and her community
How queer artist Param Sahib deconstructs masculinist tropes with style
Queer artist and designer Param Sahib deconstructs tropes of toxic masculinity with style, says Amrita Singh
 "How queer artist Param Sahib deconstructs masculinist tropes with style")
Inside Dr Caligari's cabinet
Paying attention to words thoughtfully chosen for the intertitles, and observing the actors' purposefully exaggerated moods, is really a high form of meditation
 "Inside Dr Caligari's cabinet")
Vinod Kapri filmed migrants who cycled from Delhi to their Bihar village
His docuseries puts India's migrant debacle into sharp focus, writes Nikita Puri
 "Vinod Kapri filmed migrants who cycled from Delhi to their Bihar village")
Majestic inactivity
In this screen fantasy, as also in life, the strange new circumstances put human nature to the test
 "Majestic inactivity")
'Port of refuge'
I found refuge in the poetry of Tomas Tranströmer, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011
 "'Port of refuge'")
The dogged quest for alien life
Kipping used the statistical tools of Bayesian Inference to see if life should exist on Earth
The hidden history of Indian nannies who sailed to England during the Raj
The hidden history of hundreds of Indian nannies who sailed to England for work from the 18th to early 20th centuries is finally being pieced together, finds Ranjita Ganesan
 "The hidden history of Indian nannies who sailed to England during the Raj")
Take predictions of a new, improved post-corona world with a pinch of salt
There appears to be a sudden outbreak of good behaviour
 "Take predictions of a new, improved post-corona world with a pinch of salt")
Then and now in Chile
In plots that are otherwise skilfully immersive, Larrain always leaves in some extraneous, even contrived, sequences that make you come up for air
Netflix series Hollywood is a simplistic take on a tangled industry
The first few episodes breezily capture the dreams of young aspirants and the sordid measures needed to survive in the pernicious environs of tinsel town
 "Netflix series Hollywood is a simplistic take on a tangled industry")
A unique fundraiser offers quality photographic prints for a steal
The fundraising initiative was created in solidarity with a nation that has fired the imagination of the global photography community for decades
 "A unique fundraiser offers quality photographic prints for a steal")
A place called home: Remembering the life and art of the reclusive Zarina
Kishore Singh on the life and art of Zarina, the reclusive artist who died this week in New York aged 83
 "A place called home: Remembering the life and art of the reclusive Zarina")
How scientists prevented an island in the Gulf of Mannar from disappearing
Scientists have been trying to stop Vaan Island in the Gulf of Mannar from disappearing. Their success means hope for other such threatened islands.
 "How scientists prevented an island in the Gulf of Mannar from disappearing")
