Saturday assorted links

1. Professor Bishnupriya Gupta talk on India and colonialism.  Here is the associated paper, look to agriculture.

2. “Many of the country’s top pastry chefs have practiced or studied architecture.” (NYT)

3. Man bites dog (and is arrested).

4. Why does San Francisco have the second highest housing costs in the U.S.?

5. The Economist on how much progress Dalits are making.