Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Multi-Alignment is India’s Superpower (Shashi Tharoor)
The Case for a US alliance with India (Foreign Affairs)
The West has been given a rude awakening (RT)
How China is broadcasting its might (Time)
Is China’s mercantilism cracking up? (Engelsberg)
Syria’s deadly reckoning (Guardian)
The quiet War for Lebanon (ORF)
US intervention in Venezuela (Crisis)
What a Ukraine end game may look like (NI)
Hindu Hatred in the West (Arnab Ray)
The rise of Jamaat-e-Islami in Kashmir (Open)
Why wealthy Gurugram is a failed city (Scroll)
Emperor Hadrian’s Revenge (TOI)
Why European Royals loved playing real tennis (Smithsonian)
London’s best Indian food (BBC Travel)