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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Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner
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Interview: East India Company to Big Tech – how corporations think about knowledge
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Shirish Patel: The urban planner who looked beyond the vanity of Mumbai’s privileged
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‘Modernity, Print and Sahitya’: A well-researched book about how Odia literature shaped its culture
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The obscure, 226-year-old law Donald Trump plans use to deport foreign nationals
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2024 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the winning poems
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Backstory 2024: When I trekked two hours in Himachal for an interview
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On Putin’s agenda as he visits New Delhi: Advancing ‘multipolarity’ with key role for India
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How WhatsApp became the world’s ‘everything app’
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7 Indians among those injured in Germany car attack, MEA calls it ‘horrific, senseless’