Weekend Readings

Japan wants to shred its paper habit. Could it finally leave the fax behind?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japan-fax-paper-suga/2020/10/16/fc6fcdd8-06ef-11eb-8719-0df159d14794_story.html

Turkey’s adventurism abroad is driven by opportunity and impunity
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-19/turkey-s-erdogan-gets-away-with-foreign-policy-adventurism

 
How a lifelong obsession with snow leopards led me to northern India 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/trailing-the-elusive-snow-leopard-in-northern-india/2020/01/09/7d592b02-2d9c-11ea-bcb3-ac6482c4a92f_story.html 

Coronavirus: When India's capital became a ghost city
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54164507

In India, a Dance Haven Shuts Out the World
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/arts/dance/india-nrityagram-virus.html
With the pandemic, Nrityagram has become a more self-contained version of itself: a refuge, with a single-minded focus on classical Indian dance. 

‘If No Tourists Come, I Have No Business’: New York’s Tourism Crisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/travel/nyc-tourism-travel-restrictions.html

The Mad, Mad World of Niche Sports Among Ivy League–Obsessed Parents
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/squash-lacrosse-niche-sports-ivy-league-admissions/616474/ 

Profile of Bloomberg Finance Columnist Matt Levine
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/business/matt-levine-bloomberg.html

The Pandemic Sparks a Real-Estate Gold Rush in Upstate New York

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/dept-of-design/the-airbnb-gold-rush-in-upstate-new-york 

A Scientist’s Reckoning with the Cruelty of Chance
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/a-scientists-reckoning-with-the-cruelty-of-chance