Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Deeply moved by PM Modi’s gesture for Olympians (Kapil Dev)
Biden’s most heartless betrayal ( Ayaan Hirsi Ali)
The end of Pax Americana (Brahma Chellaney)
The fall of an American Empire (Spiked)
What I learned while eavesdropping on the Taliban (Atlantic)
How Covid-19’s origins were obscured (Bulletin)
The smooth compromise of Obama’s iconography (Guardian)
The true enemy of Islamists (Slavoj Zizek)
Stablecoins find a use in Africa’s most volatile markets (ROW)
The man who found India’s State Emblem (LHI)
Khudadad Khan: First Indian to be awarded Victoria Cross (MC)
Nikita Krushchev on early Russian impressions of India ( Russia Beyond)
How British conquered Maharashtra so swiftly (The Mahrattas)
Some ancient Indian health tips (Prema Lakshminarayan)
Poem: Home ( Warsan Shire )