Wishing readers on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri
Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Investing in Yogi (Open)
Thread: Mitrokhin Archives on the Congress Party (Agenda Buster)
Iran’s regime is in free fall (TOI)
Pakistan shouldn’t blame the Chinese (Dawn)
UK Christianity, out with a whimper (American Conservative)
How the West used Kiev to take on Moscow (RT)
Turkey has a knack for picking the losing side (Print)
What ails Google (Praveen Seshadri)
Bengal Opium (Engelsberg)
The fight over Bettiah (Fifty Two)
Battle for Harlem (Truly Adventurous)
Thread: On how Hindus are dehumanised (Dibakar Dutta)
Varanasi: India’s holy ‘City of Death’ (BBC Travel)
Travelogue: Kudremukha (Team BHP)
Thread: Why are the ancient Greeks so important? (Cultural Tutor)