Day 1,439: skirmish

First, India’s pro-Western tilt—which became more pronounced after border skirmishes with Chinese troops in 2020—is essentially pragmatic.

Joe Biden and Narendra Modi are drawing their countries closer

Artwork of the day 
Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains
Eugene Delacroix
Date: 1863
Style: Orientalism
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 92.5 x 74.5 cm

Word of the day 
skirmish: a fight between a small number of soldiers that is usually short and not planned, and happens away from the main area of fighting in a war

Quote of the day
“Sense entered into a short, violent skirmish with instinct and inclination, and was overwhelmed.”
― Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling