1. Why is Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar spending more time talking about Lalu Prasad Yadav’s 15 years of state rule, rather than his own record? Marya Shakil reports before the elections in the state.
  2. Although the Bharatiya Janata Party has insisted that the Citizenship Amendment Act would protect Hindus in the National Citizens Register process in Assam, Makepeace Sitlhou reports that “in the absence of clarity from Delhi on how the new citizenship law will work, Hindus suspect citizenship is still declared foreign ”.
  3. “Ever since it started opening up the economy in the 1990s, India’s dream has been to emulate China’s rapid expansion,” writes Andy Mukherjee. “After three decades of persevering with that campaign, staying behind Bangladesh damages its global image.”
  4. Sunaina Kumar recounts the fascinating final days of the autonomous kingdom of Sikkim, before it merged with India amid great drama.
  5. “Tanishq’s ad for a Muslim mother-in-law and a Hindu daughter-in-law is beautiful, as are all of their ads,” writes Sameena Dalwai. “Withdrawing it means that we believe it is a naughty fiction, that these types of relationships do not exist in reality. But they do. I am living proof. I’m the unborn baby from that ad. “
  6. Asim Ali maintains that Narendra Modi’s political career echoes that of Bihar’s former chief minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav, even though his politics are completely different.
  7. The Kerala government is trying to revitalize public schools, which it claims has led to an increase in enrollment despite competition from private schools, Vishnu Varma reports.
  8. Why is Facebook suddenly cracking down on conspirators and other right-wing fake news sources? Because, writes Will Oremus, “after four years of trying to appease Trump and Republicans in Congress who call for ‘censorship’ for fact-checks, the major Internet platforms now face the prospect of a government led by a party that wants to more aggressively moderate content. ”
  9. Deepa Seetharaman and Emily Glazer tell the story of how Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg became a political operator, despite his former selfless stance.
  10. A team of reporters from ProPublica reports on “how the world’s largest public health organization fell to its knees from a virus, the president, and the capitulation of its own leaders, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus.”