#LateralEntry: It needs to be conceded that the public systems have several limitations owing to their very nature, and the most critical of which is that they are not flexible or nimble-footed in adapting to changes outside, writes Sunil Kumar t.ly/T1bUn

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View from Above: The risky, rarefied world of a rooftopper couple, writes Palash Krishna Mehrotra; @Netflix #SkywalkersALoveStory openthemagazine.com/cinema/view-fr…

#Semiconductors are the brains of contemporary life. They are inbred into every minute of today’s existence. They control need, comfort, income, outcome; they are the heart, mind and body of the 21st century, writes M.J. Akbar t.ly/uoeE7

#USElection2024: The candidacy of #KamalaHarris does not necessarily sway choices as she is not seen to have actively associated with the Indian part of her ancestry, writes Rajeev Deshpande t.ly/WeYbp

#Jammu&Kashmir: Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has argued this time that a poll boycott call ‘does not seem to carry the sense or yield the impact like in the past’. Indirectly calling people to vote, writes Ram Madhav t.ly/chWnp

#MalayalamFilmIndustry: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan receives the report of the Hema Committee from Justice (Retired) K Hema, writes Ullekh NP/ഉല്ലേഖ് എൻപി t.ly/mhoXw

These rooms where almonds are broken and packed are literally rooms with no doors. There is always so much dust. The fingers of the workers were always injured, Neha Dixit tells Lhendup G Bhutia, juggernautbooks t.ly/lEL9C

“My language to understand what my teacher is trying to communicate is the language of the body; the language of movement. So, in my interest to explore the language of practice, I began notating the verbal commands,” Kitaoka Kana tells Akhila Krishnamurthy t.ly/FlhXb

Rewind: Remember a time when a picnic would be part of the movies?, writes kaveree bamzai t.ly/uE5Q4

#DivisivePolitics: The Congress leader’s opposition to #LateralEntry of the best talent in government is strange, to say the least, write PR Ramesh and Siddharth Singh t.ly/wo6LF

The 290-page study of the three-member justice Hema Committee points out that a group of male directors, producers, and actors enjoy a mafia-like grip over the #MalayalamFilmIndustry, making anyone who stands up against them fair game, writes Ullekh NP/ഉല്ലേഖ് എൻപി t.ly/mhoXw

Colombo-based #HemaShironi often draws on her personal history and cultural heritage. Shironi’s starving flag appropriates the Buddhist flag to reflect her fellow citizen’s disillusionment with the Sri Lankan government, writes Shaikh Ayaz t.ly/K8RsX

Within Congress there is a sense of delaying the inevitable, if deferrable, confrontation with the man who controls the majority of the party’s MLAs. Should Siddaramaiah be forced to resign, he may well precipitate an implosion in the party, writes Shoba V t.ly/SGTdL

#USElection2024: Some #IndianAmericans are distinctly worried about #KamalaHarris’ economic policies which they feel might mean higher taxation and redistributive politics, writes Rajeev Deshpande t.ly/WeYbp

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Going Bust - As #RecklessPopulism brings several Opposition-run states close to bankruptcy, more fiscally prudent states have also begun indulging in #Freebies. Ultimately, it is the voter who has to understand the dangers of dole, writes Siddharth Singh t.ly/9irsf