- As time passes, China’s incursions in Ladakh take the form of a fait accompli. India’s options, therefore, range from bad, to worse, to truly ugly, argue Christopher Clary and Vipin Narang in War on the Rocks.
- In the United States today, social media campaigns represent the collective demonisation culture of the Soveit Union, argues Izabella Tabarovsky in Tablet.
- The Indian media’s conduct during the Ladakh crisis shows a dramatically diminished ability to ask questions, let alone seek answers, argues Parveen Swami in Firstport.
- China-India border dispute: is Pakistan about to enter the fray, asks Tom Hussain in the South China Morning Post.
- In two years, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has squandered two decades of political capital, says Najam Sethi in Friday Times.
- In Guernica, Madhuri Sastry interview Megha Majumdar, author of the new novel A Burning, set in Kolkata as Hindu nationalist sentiment rises.
- In the New York Times, Mar Mazower reviews Richard Evans’ biography of the British historian Eric Hobsbawm.
- We can’t talk about racism without understanding whiteness, argues Priyamvada Gopal in the Guardian.
- In Symposium, Melissa Febos writes about art without men.
- Paromita Vohra writes on the history of dance in Bollywood in Parotechnics
Reading
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India’s cyber-scam epidemic is part of a multibillion global industry. This series traces a full arc
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February nonfiction: Six new books that take deep dives into Indian history
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Mumbai’s architecture is losing its poetry
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‘The Secret of the Shiledars’ review: An amateurish hunt for Shivaji’s hidden treasure
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‘The Other Sister’: An unconventional, brave novel about the unbearable emptiness of virtual living
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Rona Wilson interview: ‘My arrest was a warning to others who stand against the abuse of power’
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Budget 2025 key takeaways: No income tax till Rs 12 lakh, healthcare for gig workers and more
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Sri Lanka: National People’s Power and the path back to democracy
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Why the push by India’s tiger conservation body to relocate forest-dwellers is contentious
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Slow Lane: The message from Kumbh