On 25 Oct 2017, at 16:46, Pooja Sastry wrote: > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:18 AM, WordPsmith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you, all! This is immensely useful. Signing up for a bunch of these >> right away. >> >>> On Oct 25, 2017, at 06:23, Venkatesh H R <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I second The Contumacious Curmudgeon -- Alok's newsletter is short, funny >>> and unfussy. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 8:38 AM Gautam John <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 1:54 PM, WordPsmith <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Do you subscribe to any interesting email newsletters that hold >>>> interesting news / updates / links to things happening within particular >>>> disciplines? Things that interest the practitioners in those fields and >>>> have not yet made it into the realm of the general media? >>>> >>>> Four that I look forward to. >>>> >>>> [Free] The Contumacious Curmudgeon by Alok Prasanna Kumar. Weekly >>>> updates on the law, courts, and other institutions in India and >>>> elsewhere, with a streak of sarcasm and a healthy dose of opinion. >>>> https://tinyletter.com/AlokPrasannaKumar >>>> >>>> [Paid] The Ken is a subscription-driven media site. We write one story >>>> a day (weekdays only). These stories have sharp, original insights on >>>> technology, business, science and healthcare from India. >>>> https://the-ken.com/pricing/ >>>> >>>> [Paid] The Daily Update consists of substantial analysis of the news >>>> of the day (~1800 words) delivered via three daily emails in addition >>>> to the free weekly article (four total articles per week). These >>>> updates are always timely, but also timeless in their investigation of >>>> “Why” and “What’s next.” https://stratechery.com/membership/ >>>> >>>> [Free] Pocket Hits https://getpocket.com/explore/pocket-hits >>>> >>>> >> >> > Here are a few that I like: > > Cities and Urban Planning > http://www.urbz.net/ > https://nextcity.org/ > > Public Policy > The newsletter of the Takshashila Institution, mentioned above > https://www.thinkpragati.com/ (by some of the same people as at the > Takshashila Institution - also silklisters. Hello!) > > The "new economy" > http://www.rethinkeconomics.org/ > http://evonomics.com/ > > Gender and Transport > https://dgroups.org/worldbank/GATNET > > Materials/ Industrial Design > https://materia.nl/ > http://www.core77.com/
A few that I subscribe to (in no particular order), Book View Cafe http://bookviewcafe.com/bookstore/newsletter/ Complexity Digest https://comdig.unam.mx PLOS One http://journals.plos.org/plosone/ The Paris Review https://www.theparisreview.org London Review of Books https://www.lrb.co.uk Urban Institute https://www.urban.org The Life of Science https://thelifeofscience.com SciDevNet http://www.scidev.net/global/ EPW Review of Urban Affairs http://www.epw.in/review-urban-affairs Lapham’s Quarterly https://www.laphamsquarterly.org n+1 http://nplusonemag.com Quanta https://www.quantamagazine.org Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com Locus Magazine http://locusmag.com Mithila Review http://mithilareview.com Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative http://www.ophi.org.uk -- Thank you, Bharath www.bharathpalavalli.com & www.fieldsofview.in
