Some off beat reads for the weekend:
We are all Soviets now (Niall Ferguson)
The truth about Woke (Spiked)
How Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world (Guardian)
Macron could be regime-changing himself (RT)
Pakistan: Talking to the Enemy (Tribune)
The UAE & Israel (Crisis)
Israel’s military has peaked (Cradle)
Capitalism is the real target (Clifford Asness)
Zimbabwe traditional healers are on Tik Tok (RoW)
The sordid saga of Jagan Mohan Reddy (Open)
Mahatma Gandhi was getting allowance from the British (Arunmozhi V)
Why the Brahmins of Kerala became Christians (Manu Joseph)
The American novel has a problem with fat people (New Republic)
Thread: French Revolutionaries changed the calendar (Jash Dholani)
Travelogue: Summer in Scandinavia (Team BHP)