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newsletter issue 177

newsletter issue 177

JULY 25, 2025

JULY 25, 2025

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Sitting in The Nod’s office in Mumbai, all I can see is the gloom outside. This kind of weather is only good for one thing—lounging at home in your comfiest pyjamas with Netflix playing your current binge-watch (we have suggestions for that below) or curling up with a book. Or watching the film that’s gotten everyone talking—Mohit Suri’s Saiyaara, featuring debut actors Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, and the tears of your fellow movie-goers.


As for your weekend long reads, we’ve got you covered. Author Vauhini Vara talks about her latest work that maps the quiet chaos of living and writing in the age of AI. Keeping with the theme of AI, watch sci-fi author Silvia Park and comedian Rohan Joshi discuss our first book club pick, Luminous. Together, they dive into why Sam Altman probably won’t be your bff, what it means to be human, and whether we should just let the robots take over already. Watch here.

Sitting in The Nod’s office in Mumbai, all I can see is the gloom outside. This kind of weather is only good for one thing—lounging at home in your comfiest pyjamas with Netflix playing your current binge-watch (we have suggestions for that below) or curling up with a book. Or watching the film that’s gotten everyone talking—Mohit Suri’s Saiyaara, featuring debut actors Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, and the tears of your fellow movie-goers.


As for your weekend long reads, we’ve got you covered. Author Vauhini Vara talks about her latest work that maps the quiet chaos of living and writing in the age of AI. Keeping with the theme of AI, watch sci-fi author Silvia Park and comedian Rohan Joshi discuss our first book club pick, Luminous. Together, they dive into why Sam Altman probably won’t be your bff, what it means to be human, and whether we should just let the robots take over already. Watch here.

 

Ruhi Gilder, Audience Growth Analyst

Ruhi Gilder, Audience Growth Analyst

 

 

Entertainment

Entertainment

What to watch on Netflix this weekend

What to watch on Netflix this weekend

From shady golf swings to even shadier sisterhoods, these new releases are serving up juicy chaos in all forms

From shady golf swings to even shadier sisterhoods, these new releases are serving up juicy chaos in all forms

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Food

Food

Wait, are vegetarian restaurants cool now?

Wait, are vegetarian restaurants cool now?

No pink-sauce pasta or paneer masala on the menu. No “substitutions” that poorly mimic meat. Vegetarian food is getting a glow-up that’s turning restaurants into dining destinations

No pink-sauce pasta or paneer masala on the menu. No “substitutions” that poorly mimic meat. Vegetarian food is getting a glow-up that’s turning restaurants into dining destinations

Books

Books

Yes, AI is coming for everything, but Vauhini Vara says don’t panic

Yes, AI is coming for everything, but Vauhini Vara says don’t panic

In her latest work, ‘Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age’, the Pulitzer Prize finalist maps the quiet chaos of living and writing in the age of AI

In her latest work, ‘Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age’, the Pulitzer Prize finalist maps the quiet chaos of living and writing in the age of AI


 

Entertainment

Entertainment

How Apple TV+ became the coolest sci-fi club on television

How Apple TV+ became the coolest sci-fi club on television

‘Severance’ bagging 27 Emmy nominations is just a reminder that the streaming platform has been the resting place for our inner sci-fi nerd

‘Severance’ bagging 27 Emmy nominations is just a reminder that the streaming platform has been the resting place for our inner sci-fi nerd

 

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