Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Putin’s last laugh (American Conservative)
Iraq’s political dysfunction just got worse (Al Jazeera)
A view from a changed Germany (Times of Israel)
The Romanian Sludge King (Guardian)
The contradictory legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev (Smithsonian)
Secret deals ending Britain’s control over Gulf revealed (BBC)
Can the American Mall survive? (New Republic)
Thread: Ganesh Utsav as a public display of Hindu cultural unity (SM)
Caste Crime in Rajasthan (Fifty Two)
The unbearable lightness of Bollywood (Rahul Pandita)
On the rebellion of Ghulam Nabi Azad (M J Akbar)
Thread: Swami Prabhupada on Ahimsa (Anuj Dhar)
Thread: Why Shahrukh burned Ankita Singh to death? (Pankaj Saxena)
Ready for wine from Mizoram? (Mint)
Drive: Germany Road Trip (Team BHP)