The Latest: Top stories of the day
1. Chief ministers of drought-hit states met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday and demanded Rs 27,000 crore in disaster funds to tackle the crisis.
2. Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has been named in the First Information Report looking into irregularities in the National Herald case.
3. Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik qualified for the Rio Olympics, taking the Indian wrestling contingent to six.
Weekend Reads
1. TN Ninan in the Business Standard complains about the Narendra Modi government's initial reformist impulses giving way to interventionist ones.
2. In Sirsa, Haryana’s westernmost district, the fight to end female foeticide includes tip-offs, thrilling chases and decoys, P Anima writes in Blink.
3. Aditi Phadnis in the Business Standard looks back at the five-decade-long political career of Ahmed Patel that is now tainted by the initials "AP".
4. Dalit-OBC couples in Tamil Nadu are up against new socio-economic realities and an indifferent state, finds Arun Janardhanan in the Indian Express.
5. Praveen Thampi travels through Kerala for the Economic Times as election fever continues to burn through the state.
6. Anand Vasu in Mint points to two Indian cricketers who are setting an usual example – running fast between the wickets.
7. Siddhartha Deb in the New Republic offers a portrait of the Narendra Modi government for foreign readers that covers a lot of familiar ground.
8. David Samuels' massive New York Times Magazine profile of Barack Obama's foreign policy guru, and a Washington Post response to the piece that calls it gross.
9. Sadiq Khan is not the first Muslim mayor of a major European city. Juan Cole at Informed Comment writes of the 1,300-year history of Muslims running major European cities.
10. Shaun Walker in the Guardian tells the story of American children who discovered that their parents were Russian spies.
Reading
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‘The Fertile Earth’: An epic debut novel about how class and caste dictates whom and how to love
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The Indian media is acting like a Hindutva ally in its coverage of the violence in Canada
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Maharashtra poll results: Ruling Mahayuti crosses 200 seats, CM Eknath Shinde hails ‘landslide win’
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Explained: Why Kenya cancelled Adani airport development deal after US indictment
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Screen time can involve several activities and not all of them are bad
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India’s food plate and palate have changed – but anxieties old and new persist
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‘A Tamilian trapped among three Punjabis’: Subhash Ghai rewinds to the ‘Taal’ soundtrack
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Explainer: What does US law say about Adani’s indictment – and can he be charged in India?
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How an Indian monk contributed to the understanding of Buddhism in China
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Not stubble burning, cars are the main villain in Delhi's apocalyptic air pollution