Weekend Reads
1. In his death, Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani could become the rallying point of a renewed indigenous militancy and give rise to a potent theme for fresh recruitment, reports Muzamil Jaleel in the Indian Express.
2. In the Hindustan Times, Harinder Baweja interviews the father of Burhan Wani.

3. Bangladesh’s Daily Star – which first ran the report linking Zakir Naik to Dhaka terrorist Rohan Imtiaz – now puts out a clarification denying it reported “any terrorist was inspired by Zakir Naik to kill innocent people”.
4. Smriti Irani has been at the receiving end of sexist abuse. But she also “seemed to revel in the discomfort and humiliation of women” who didn’t happen to agree with her, points out Barkha Dutt on the NDTV website.
5. A generation of Bharatiya Janata Party politicians versed in governance can now guide the party beyond Modi Sarkar, is how Ashok Malik looks at the recent Union cabinet shakeup in the Times of India.
6. The United States is divided not just by race, culture and ideology, but between competing versions of reality. Andrew O’ Hehir paints a grim picture in Slate.
7. As the shooting of Black men by the police continue unabated in the United States, Jack Hit in Mother Jones looks for a core cause: law enforcement in the country has become a means for local governments to raise revenue.
8. In the fight against ISIS, there’s hope in the history of Islam, says Robert Fisk in the Independent.
9. In the New Statesman, Luca Santarelli describes how the next wearable technology could be your skin.
10. Young actors may be rewriting the rules of stardom. Still, the monster productions of the Khans, their fandom and king-size lives continue to be Bollywood’s predominant narrative, writes Payel Majumdar in the Hindu Business Line.

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