What the world is reading

• Slate's Prudence is kinder to ‘Curry and French Fries’, an Indian-American whose parents won't accept his white girlfriend.

• This week's Shifting Careers advice column in The New York Times tackles long-distance business relationships, and how it's worth getting dressed up for that video-conference.

• Frugal Kitchen at iVillage has tips for American women worried about spiralling grocery costs (up 35 per cent in Belzoni, Mississippi) including the reminder that other countries pay a larger proportion of their income on food.