A list of good reads

• Indian Express offers an interesting take on when the farmer became invisible in Bollywood.
• Until now, we’ve read reported stories on what it is like being an Uighur in China. The Guardian instead offers a powerful first-person account penned by Gulbahar Haitiwaji. This is as real as it gets.
• Axios’ ‘Off the rails’ series is a fly-on-the-wall account of the last days of Donald Trump—and it doesn’t pull any punches.
• What’s the difference between skill and intent? Vinayakk Mohanarangan in Scroll offers an insightful take on Rohit Sharma, and his performance issues.
• Meghna Uniyal in Down To Earth offers a contrary take on liberal attitudes toward dogs, stray and abandoned. Whether you agree or not, it is certainly worth a read.
• Feminism in India has a lovely profile of India’s first female photojournalist, Homai Vyarawalla.
• Shunali Khullar Shroff in Condé Nast Traveller pays tribute to the pleasures of being an ‘army brat’.
• Imagine if you had to make a vanity film for a Chinese billionaire? Imagine no more! Chris Shearer details his off-the-wall experience in Vice.