Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2025 - 20th October

Hi 

Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles, short stories and videos

1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/17/the-guardian-view-on-austen-and-bronte-adaptations-purists-may-reel-but-reinvention-keeps-classic-novels-alive

2. https://daily.jstor.org/enchanting-imposters/

3. https://aeon.co/essays/why-an-abundance-of-choice-is-not-the-same-as-freedom

4. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/10/13/the-existence-of-hunger-is-a-political-choice

5. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/jane-eyre-goes-theatre

6. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/well-read/202510/why-the-words-we-use-matter

7. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/20/gaza-ukraine-donald-trump-stop-war-peace

8. https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/lessons-of-babel/articles/the-word-made-lifeless

9. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-the-extinct-camels-of-north-america-from-ice-age-giants-to-sheep-size-runners-180987520/

10. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/03/how-birds-lost-flight-evolution-zoology

11. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/18/uniqlo-founder-us/

12. https://aeon.co/essays/why-i-wonder-if-virginia-woolf-was-autistic

13. https://daily.jstor.org/lego-brick-by-ideological-brick/

14. https://philosophynow.org/issues/170/Collective_Action_and_Climate_Change

15. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-world-war-ii-influenced-the-chronicles-of-narnia-cs-lewis-beloved-fantasy-novels-180987504/

16. https://nautil.us/seeking-signs-of-life-on-venus-1238038/

17. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/harsh-sentences-for-young-people-do-not-deter-crime-but-predictable-punishments-do-by-jennifer-doleac-2025-10

18. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/harsh-sentences-for-young-people-do-not-deter-crime-but-predictable-punishments-do-by-jennifer-doleac-2025-10

19. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-katrina-paved-the-way-for-american-fascism

20. https://aeon.co/essays/two-billion-humans-are-doing-something-bizarre-right-now-sleeping

Short stories 

1. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/The-Mysterious-Stranger-and-Other-Stories-by-Mark-Twain

2. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/the-wrong-box

TED Talk Daily 

1. https://www.ted.com/talks/maya_shankar_why_change_is_so_scary_and_how_to_unlock_its_potential

2. https://www.ted.com/talks/esther_duflo_tax_the_rich_and_save_the_planet

Happy Reading