Express 5: A snoop case from Gujarat and a spoof from Taiwan

2. MADE IN TAIWAN: An animation video on the arrest of diplomat Devyani Khobragade,which has soured the relationship between India and the US,has surfaced on the Internet — and it has come from,of all the places,Taiwan. Subtitles include one that goes “US not sari”. Nandagopal Rajan looks at how Devyani and MEA’s wisdom provoke 90-sec spoof in Taiwan

3. DIGGING IN: Over the past seven months,Nagaland and the Centre have been at loggerheads over the right to explore and excavate oil and natural gas there. Senior Naga leaders believe the issue could derail an already tottering dialogue between the NSCNs and the government. In an interview with Esha Roy,Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio asks why the Union petroleum ministry has woken up now

Nagaland stands up to Centre

4. BEING DIPLOMATIC: Pratap Bhanu Mehta argues that it is hard to shake off the odour of entrapment in what the state department did. “But equally,we cannot deny the fact that the government of India made India legally and morally vulnerable by not doing its homework.”

Return of the repressed in Opinion

5. ANOTHER PITCHED BATTLE: Kingsmead has been a scourge for the South Africans with the hosts having lost their four previous Tests at this venue,including the last one they played against India,back in 2010. No wonder Bharat Sundaresan didn’t see most of Durban showing much urgency in being a Johnny-on-the-spot.

All roads lead to Kingsmead