Summary
Ashish Kulkarni and Aadisht Khanna talked about Locust, a book by Jeffrey Lockwood that discusses the science and history behind locust infestations in the United States of America more than a hundred years ago; and discovered that there’s much more to the book than locusts.
This episode was recorded on 12 May 2020, about three weeks before the first swarms of locusts reached India; and so does not discuss the problems India has faced with locusts in the last couple of weeks.
What We Talked About
Goodreads: The Wizard and the Prophet
Goodreads: A Dominant Character
Goodreads: The Drunken Botanist
Goodreads: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Wikipedia: MS Excel date error
Goodreads: Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation
Additional Reading
We remembered these connections after we recorded our conversation.
Goodreads: Amsterdam by Russel Shorto, for more reading related to Vermeer and Amsterdam’s position at the centre of global trade