Some off beat reads for the weekend:
The Strategic Implications of Indian Corruption (The Diplomat)
What happened in Maharashtra Politics in Oct-Nov 2019 (Sameet Thakkar)
The Conspiracy Theorists are winning (Atlantic)
The racist NY Times (Indi Samarajiva)
Was Sweden right? (Guardian)
A brief history of Islam in China (SCMP)
Hugging China hasn’t done us any favours (Spectator)
I don’t want to return to normal (Dr. Lisa McKenzie)
Nakba Day (Al Jazeera)
On Swami Chinmayananda (Sheshapatangi)
History: Malik Kafur’s Betrayal (LHI)
Nehru & Sardar Patel (Mint)
The anti-India, anti-Hindu and racist Charles Dickens (Sai Priya)
Just sip and flip (J Mathrubootham)
Why Copper is good at killing viruses (Smithsonian)