1. In the Hindu, Nissim Mannathukkaren argues the idea that people are gullible or that they make the right electoral choices is simplistic.
  2. Also in the Hindu, Jael Silliman on the need for a wider cultural engagement with countries in Africa in order to fight racism among Indians.
  3. Debrabata Mohanty of the Indian Express travels to Nabarangour, India’s poorest district, to find out what it means to be counted here, at a time when the government is rapidly expanding the scope of Aadhaar.
  4. Sukumar Muralidharann writes in Hindu BLInk that immigration has become the lightning rod for many resentments gathering in Western societies.
  5. In Livemint Lounge, Priya Ramani on the patriotism that sees dark days ahead and the patriotism that thinks its time has come.
  6. Annabel Loyd writes in the Telegraph of the need to pull together, not apart, in the face of extremism.
  7. In the Guardian, Sonia Sondha on the limits of outrage.
  8. Patrick Cockburn of the Independent reports that reports that the myth of “surgical strikes”, which hit combatants while avoiding civilians, has been exploded in Mosul.
  9. The Britain that was has faded into memory, writes Ismail Einashe in the Altantic.
  10. The shutting down of illegal abattoirs is not an issue of being Hindu or Muslim, says Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya in an interview to the Economic Times.