Page 14 - Weekend Reads
The best again, but for how long?
This was Messi's first individual gong since 2015. Yet, it felt a little flat - a kind of weird acknowledgement that podium outings at these glitziest of galas from now may not be as frequent
 "The best again, but for how long?")
Think twice before you bite into extreme diets that claim to work wonders
Extreme diets that test your body and your resolve often claim to work wonders, but think twice before you bite into them
 "Think twice before you bite into extreme diets that claim to work wonders")
Hearing them out: How Access Mantra helps the deaf with opportunities
From information on ISL classes, interpreters and legal/medical services to job listings and even matrimonial prospects, the Access Mantra website has it all
 "Hearing them out: How Access Mantra helps the deaf with opportunities")
Not a child's play
When aspirational MBAs or CAs that I needed to handle in my career in Mumbai seemed like child's play
 "Not a child's play")
Tasting premium feni at a Goan fazenda is a highly unusual experience
The author thoroughly enjoys a feni tasting at a gorgeous Goan fazenda, and leaves chastened and rather more enlightened
 "Tasting premium feni at a Goan fazenda is a highly unusual experience")
A draft bill meant to protect India's antiquities leaves many questions
India has no record of how many artefacts have been stolen from temples and archaeologically-significant sites
 "A draft bill meant to protect India's antiquities leaves many questions")
CHESS #1368
The World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk is featuring its usual mix of crazy errors and upsets
 "CHESS #1368")
What makes the A13 Bionic chip the most powerful and smartest to date
Creating a handheld device with the capacity to splice and edit like a TV studio could revolutionise vblogging
 "What makes the A13 Bionic chip the most powerful and smartest to date")
Distress signals
Distressing allows a way of perturbing the continuity of the surface without resorting to ornament
 "Distress signals")
The Indian AI-driven artist who'll show her works at the Florence Biennale
An Indian AI poet-artist will display her work at the Florence Biennale. Nikita Puri on how projects such as this are pushing the boundaries of what it means to be human
 "The Indian AI-driven artist who'll show her works at the Florence Biennale")
Artist Nikhil Chopra puts himself on display at The Met, New York
Nikhil Chopra is the first Indian artist to strike it big on an international scale, a part of a group of breakaways who have turned the foundations of the art world on its head, writes Kishore Singh
 "Artist Nikhil Chopra puts himself on display at The Met, New York")
Meet Anand Malligavad, a techie who has revived dying Bengaluru's lakes
Malligavad has developed a lake revival model that could be quickly and cheaply replicated across different terrains
 "Meet Anand Malligavad, a techie who has revived dying Bengaluru's lakes")
Flexing and filmmaking
Being a favoured form of entertainment before cinema, physical culture became a ready subject for some of the earliest films globally
 "Flexing and filmmaking")
Unpacking Berlin's mysterious tote bag
A design with no known author has wound its way through the German capital
 "Unpacking Berlin's mysterious tote bag")
Wine and tax
Here's hoping for more wine-friendly policies in India
 "Wine and tax")
Okus-Bokus: A book that tells English alphabet through Kashmiri words
Okus-Bokus is selling over koshurwear.com without a formal launch
 "Okus-Bokus: A book that tells English alphabet through Kashmiri words")
Free speech in the crosshairs
The government of Uttar Pradesh has made it a habit of sorts to move against - or better still, lock up - mediapersons who give cause for displeasure
 "Free speech in the crosshairs")
Conquering loneliness by connecting old-age homes & orphanages via 'Maitri'
A group of schoolgirls has developed an app that will put the very old in contact with the very young and provide companionship that both crave.
 "Conquering loneliness by connecting old-age homes & orphanages via 'Maitri'")
CHESS #1366
The Sinquefield Cup ended in a tiebreak
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Creating a set of random numbers to secure communication isn't easy
Computers are brilliant at doing repetitive tasks, which makes it hard for them to create random numbers
 "Creating a set of random numbers to secure communication isn't easy")
