Sunday Reads Late Edition

The Hindu

• Karzai's India gamble. (Foreign Policy)
• Will free homes solve Spain's eviction crisis? (BBC)
• A resurrection in Bangalore. (Economist)
• What's spooking global markets? (Financial Express)

The Hindu's Open Page has an interesting collection of anecdotes. Here's one:

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was another politician who regaled audiences with his humorous remarks. During an election meeting in Gujarat, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi told the gathering that she was a daughter of Uttar Pradesh and daughter-in-law of Gujarat and was seeking votes on that basis. Vajpayee later said Mrs. Gandhi had forgotten to say that she was also the mother-in-law of Italy. The audience had a hearty laugh and one journalist later wrote that this humorous remark of Vajpayee had brought the BJP a lot of votes.

Read the complete piece here.