1. Even as they keep up a steady friendship with each other, both Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif need to have a private chat with their respective militaries, argues Ayesha Siddiqa in the Hindu.
2. The Bharatiya Janata Party's win in Assam shows Hindutva has gained prominence in places where it didn't matter before, says Christophe Jaffrelot in the Indian Express.
3. In the Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar on representations of the Holy Land, the subject of much fascination among 19th century travellers and photographers.
4. They tried to destroy him, but in the end they came to pay their last respects to him – David Zirin in the Nation on Muhammad Ali's final act of resistance.
5. In the New Yorker, Atul Gawande on why we mistrust science.
6. In Livemint-Lounge, Soumya Malhotra interviews historian Veen Talwar Oldenburg, who defends Gurgaon, "the concrete hiccup".
7. Vast medieval cities that lay hidden beneath the jungles of Cambodia are now coming to light, reports Lara Dunston in the Guardian.
8. Also in the Guardian, Andrew Rawnsley argues that the Labour Party needs to fight the imminent Brexit, make a strong case for Britain remaining in the European Union.
9. Were British officials complicit in the torture of Libyan rebels under the Gaddafi regime, asks Kim Sengupta in the Independent.
10. In Hindu BLInk, Puja Changoiwala on the thriving grey market in Mumbai's jails.
Reading
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‘The Shudra Rebellion’: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd studies the vital role of oppressed castes in India
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’ is all the rage
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Cash transfers, caste calculus: What was behind the Mahayuti’s sweep in Maharashtra?
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Why the imagined opposition between academic and public historians needs to be questioned
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Upamanyu Chatterjee’s ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ wins the JCB Prize for Literature
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How an Indian monk contributed to the understanding of Buddhism in China
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How Adani Group misled Indian stock exchanges on the bribery investigation against it
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A new book shows why the super-rich in India must strive to alleviate poverty and reduce inequality
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Amazon Karigar for ‘Made in India’ handicrafts a bust for artisans
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Fiction: Poorani’s life turns into an endless crisis after her father dies, till she meets Aravindan