Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Chinese Dragon on doorstep (Major Manik Jolly)
Is India still paying for Nehru’s China policy? (M J Akbar)
When M K Narayanan stalled Siachen deal (DNA)
George Soros Vs People of Inda (Jonathan West)
How I became a poker champion in less than a year (Atlantic)
Tinder, Sailor, Hooker, Pimp (Military Times)
Arab slavery of Blacks continues (Federalist)
Growing up Sansei in LA (Guernica)
An asylum seeker in the UK (Al Jazeera)
The end of tourism? (Guardian)
Travelogue: Cuba (Team BHP)
Why do traditional Andhra homes have copper pillars? (BI)
Mumbai’s first European Resident (LHI)
On Timur, founder of Timurid Dynasty (Bharat Putra)
On the 1921 Moplah Massacre (Rakesh Krishnan Simha)