The Friday List: From a workshop on picking locks to Raghava Lawrence's horror comedy Laxmii, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Compiled by Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe The coronavirus pandemic is far from over, and we continue to see a spike in numbers every week across the world. On this week’s #FridayList: a lockpicking workshop, a talk on the work of government school teachers in India and Disney+Hotstar’s much awaited release, Laxmii. To know more and register, When: 8 November — Reading for a purpose Reading for Change is an event brought forth by Science Gallery Bengaluru on the first Saturday of every month in a bid to understand the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and explore their significance in our daily lives. Young Sheldon chronicles the childhood of the famed theoretical physicist from TBBT, Sheldon Cooper and the escapades of this 12-year-old as he navigates the world of high school, attends lectures at the local college and suffers his two siblings who have been described by the adult Sheldon on one occasion as ‘mouth-breathing idiots.’ Chaos and comedy is rampant when Sheldon’s book smarts collide with the street smarts of those around him making for a heart-warming comedy. When: 6 November Where: Amazon Prime Video Coming up on Netflix this week is Anurag Basu’s Ludo, featuring an ensemble cast that includes Abhishek Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Shaikh among others.