Weekend Reads

  1. Operation #BetiUthao features Neha Dixit's investigation in Outlook into an alleged trafficking operation run by the Sangh Parivar.
  2. Ruchir Joshi in the Telegraph looks at Arnab Goswami's "treachery towards the Indian Constitution".
  3. The first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, Dipa Karmakar is ready for her biggest challenge, writes Suprita Das in Mint.
  4. Muzamil Jaleel in the Indian Express takes stock of Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's political position as the Valley continues to simmer. 
  5. Dilip D'Souza in Mint asks: How many Dutee Chands have we lost?
  6. "Mahasweta Devi's stories of the subaltern will live forever as long as there’s oppression in the world," writes Sudipta Datta in the Hindu. 
  7. Debabrata Mohanty in the Indian Express writes about the deaths of malnourished tribal children in Odisha.
  8. On Vox, Ezra Klein points out how horrifying Donald Trump's latest attempt to take down someone criticising him (in this case a Muslim father of an American soldier who died in battle).
  9. The Daily Show asks Trump supporters: If you're making America great again, when exactly was it great?
  10. Martha C Nussbaum in Aeon argues that we need to look beyond anger.