Some off beat reads for the weekend:
The inside story of the Gaza hostage rescue (The JC)
How Modi foiled the West’s grand plan (RT)
What are the reasons for violence in Manipur? (eSamskriti)
Pro-ISIS movements between India & Sri Lanka (ORF)
The future of the Chinese Communist Party (Cogitations)
Inside Mexico’s anti-avocado militias (Guardian)
Armenia is on the Front Line of Global Jihad (Front Page)
The Saddam Files (Engelsberg)
The making of Keir Starmer, arch technocrat (Spiked)
Doing Nothing (Walrus)
Why George Orwell wrote 1984 (Open Culture)
Thread: The Ashes of Mahatma Gandhi (Amit Thadani)
Travelogue: Hampi (Stories of Raku)
Drive: The Lagunas Route (BBC Travel)
Auto: Jeep Wrangler (Team BHP)
