This week, URL Media continues to focus on Haiti, and the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the island and the United States' border. While the U.S. government was hoping for new elections in Haiti, its people are migrating as a result of the Aug. 14 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation, and the sense of uneasiness associated with the Haitian president's assassination in July --still remains palpable.

In the other newsletter, TypeRight talks about Facebook. The Wall Street Journal has broken multiple stories telling us something we've heard before- Facebook is causing a lot of harm to its users, deliberately. "The world now has solid documented evidence that Facebook is causing mass hatred, violence, is engaging in non consensual mind control experiments, is causing mental health harm, is damaging democracies, promoting fake news and more," the article states.

On the other hand, Ishan Manjrekar speaks to Nitin Goel, Bibliophile, and creator at ScrollStack. Tune in to listen to their podcast here.

Do you have any suggestions on who should be featured in this list? Write to us at creators@scrollstack.com

Chapter Nineteen: Smoking Facebook, Pegasus, No.1 Uttar Pradesh and Digital Divide by TypeRight

Chapter Nineteen: Smoking Facebook, Pegasus, No.1 Uttar Pradesh and Digital Divide.

If we told you that a social media giant is one of the biggest news stories in the world once again, you would probably be able to guess which company we're talking about. Mind you, we said news story, not 'tech news' story of the kind which remains confined to tech-only websites but a story which make the front page of newspapers across many countries.

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A Bit of a Clickbait by Netflix by Anisha Saigal

A Bit of a Clickbait by Netflix

I am a big fan of mini-series. Starting and wrapping a whole plot, story, and twists in 6-8 episodes gets me wet; it’s the same as watching films, however, I like the idea of having screenplay writers’ minds punctuated with twisted characters coming out of nowhere and turning the whole show around, makes my world go 'round. I also like how little weight I carry while watching mini-series; if it’s great, it feels like nothing bad was ever seen or made and if it sucks, you don’t feel like you’ve invested too much time. Mini-series are reminiscent of casual dating, the effervescence of the time invested and the returns gained are unparalleled.

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What the media isn't saying about Haiti, meet Rommel Ojeda and the woes of being a street vendor by URL Media

What the media isn't saying about Haiti, meet Rommel Ojeda and the woes of being a street vendor

By S. Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax-Reese

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Why Woke One Liners Aren’t Enough for This Pseudo-Feminist Retelling of ‘Cinderella’ by Re:Set

Why Woke One Liners Aren’t Enough for This Pseudo-Feminist Retelling of ‘Cinderella’

Human beings have a way of holding onto stories. Be it “Romeo and Juliet” in Victorian England, or “Laila Majnu” in 7th century Arabia, or “Heer Ranjha” in pre-partition Punjab — the essence of the story remains the same, revamped and retold to suit the needs and times of each age. This tradition continues to this day, with new mediums such as novellas, films and TV shows keeping alive our beloved tales of the past. 

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Śakoontalá Act 1 - Part 1 by Souhardya De

Śakoontalá Act 1 - Part 1

The Cosmographia Podcast season 3 is out now! Listen to Śakoontalá Act 1 - Part 1 from the album ‘Cosmographia: The Graeco-Romans, the Egyptians and Us - season - 3’ on Gaana, JioSaavn, Apple, Spotify, and a host of other worldwide streaming platforms! Herein Season-3, Episode-1, is a translation of Kalidasa’s famous literary masterpiece Abhijnanam Shakuntalam, probably the best work produced in the Sanskritic literature, by Sir Monier Williams, the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford, as done in the early 19th century. Innumerable archaic English words have been used in this play but they only add to the beauty of it, rather than making it what one may deem difficult. The act has been narrated until Dushyanta’s entry into the hermitage of Saint Kanwa and the remaining part of the Act 1 will be out in the next episode. Since the drama Śakoontalá entails a total of 7 acts, it would take 14 episodes to complete the entire literary masterpiece in its translated version. Till then, stay tuned to Cosmographia! Link to the podcast episode is at: https://lnkd.in/eUP3g6iN

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Playstyle Podcast | EP. 06 by Ishan Manjrekar

Playstyle Podcast | EP. 06

Back again with another guest for a wonderful conversation about games and experiences around games. This time, I have Nitin Goel joining me for a chat. He's an avid reader, who also runs an online project to help and remind people to read more. It was a super engaging discussion talking about games and the different ways in which he has seen and enjoyed the different games till date. Tune in to listen to our fun chat about games, and also to get a few reading recommendations.

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