Some off beat reads for the weekend:
An East Bengal in West Bengal (Open)
The unbearable victim complex of Meghan Markle (Spiked)
On Manhattan’s private schools (Atlantic)
A thread on layoffs in the US (Laura Bassett)
How Portugal silenced centuries of violence (Al Jazeera)
How the British Empire ravaged Tibet (Anurag Shukla)
How a Cuban spy sabotaged New York’s slave trade (Smithsonian)
Decoding the Nataraja bronzes (LHI)
An ounce of gold (Joseph Zarate)
The revolting racism of Roald Dahl (Indi Samarajiva)
On the prosperity of Kozhikkode Angadi (Rajan V)
Kya Ye Sach, Ya Woh Sach ? (Varadraj Adya)
50 years of Sunny Days (Rajdeep Sardesai)
Mastering the Squat (Mint)
Best Short Film : 2+2 = 5 (You Tube)