• The internal memo that new Microsoft head honcho Satya Nadella wrote is worth a read — especially for its Oscar Wilde reference. Also, that image above doesn’t suggest that under Nadella’s appointment, Microsoft has been renamed to Microso. It’s still Microsoft, y’all. [Microsoft]
• So…what kind of leader will Nadella be? Quartz has four suggestions. [Quartz]
• And here’s everything else you might want to know about him, such as the fact that he loves his exclamation points. (Very important fact!!!)[NPR]
• As many of you Aerogrammers can attest to, a trip to India is a luxury — it costs a small fortune and you can usually spring for it once every few years — if you’re lucky. Not so if you’re Tiger Woods. The pro golfer is getting paid seven figures on a European tour event taking place in India. The trade-up: Unlike any of us, he doesn’t get to sit at his grandma’s flat in Kolkata eating samosas and watching old movies starring Kajol; he’s actually there on business — even if he loses the occasional game. [CBS]
• If you don’t believe that Tiger Woods is in fact in India, here, take a look at this picture. You can’t ‘shop that. [Instagram]
• In news that Gawker rightly files under OLD WHITE MEN: Senator Pat Roberts — a Republican from Kansas — tells Vivek Murthy, an Ivy-graduated Surgeon General Nominee with a whole lot of credentials the following upon learning that Murthy has never visited Dodge City, Kansas: “Well, good. I’m going to invite you, because we have a lovely doctor from India. She’s in her mid-30s, and she’s highly respected by the community. And another doctor from India that did my carpal tunnel when I did a stupid thing. And so, I think you’d be right at home, and we would welcome you.” A person who is in the U.S. government in the year 2014 said this. Well done, Kansas electorate! [Gawker]
• Read about Param Shah, an 18-year-old kid from Irvine, CA, who started up the Lotus Life Foundation to help kids in rural parts of India — where medical treatment and aids are difficult to obtain — get easier access to walkers, orthiotics, and other assistive devices. [IndiaWest]
• Can certain men throughout South Asia stand to take a few sensitivity seminars on how to not be complete douchenozzles to women? I mean, probably — especially if you consider that there is a recent spate across Pakistan of creepy men texting random girls’ phone numbers with all kinds of solicitations and come-ons. I mean, can’t they just swipe away their romantic anxiety on Tinder like the rest of us, jeez. [GlobalPost]
• Hardest Working Woman in Showbiz Priyanka Chopra has carved out some time to be in a documentary about girls using education to rise above poverty and adversity. She stars alongside Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez. [Times of India]
• Good news, you can buy e-cigarettes on all Air India flights. [Times of India]
• Yesterday was World Nutella Day. Here is a recipe for Nutella-themed samosas. YOU’RE WELCOME. [EasyFoodSmith]
Rohin Guha is a contributing editor at The Aerogram. Follow him on Twitter @ohrohin. Find The Aerogram on Facebook or on Twitter @theaerogram.
