Node-sass errors

i am using $npm cordova platform add android
getting various errors
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-sass
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node scripts/build.js
npm ERR! Building: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp verb cli [
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe’,
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ‘E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js’,
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ‘rebuild’,
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ‘–verbose’,
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ‘–libsass_ext=’,
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ‘–libsass_cflags=’,
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ‘–libsass_ldflags=’,
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ‘–libsass_library=’
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ]
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@3.8.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.13.2 | win32 | x64
npm ERR! gyp verb command rebuild
npm ERR! gyp verb command clean
npm ERR! gyp verb clean removing “build” directory
npm ERR! gyp verb command configure
npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable “python2” in the PATH
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed Error: not found: python2
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at getNotFoundError (E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at F (E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at E (E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at E:\inc\todo\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at E:\inc\todo\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:198:21)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed python2 Error: not found: python2
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at getNotFoundError (E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at F (E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at E (E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at E:\inc\todo\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at E:\inc\todo\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:198:21) {
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed code: ‘ENOENT’
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed }
npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable “python” in the PATH
npm ERR! gyp verb which succeeded python C:\Users\prave\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\python.EXE
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Command failed: C:\Users\prave\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\python.EXE -c import sys; print “%s.%s.%s” % sys.version_info[:3];
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack File “”, line 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack import sys; print “%s.%s.%s” % sys.version_info[:3];
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack ^
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack SyntaxError: invalid syntax
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:397:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.22000
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js” “rebuild” “–verbose” “–libsass_ext=” “–libsass_cflags=” “–libsass_ldflags=” “–libsass_library=”
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd E:\inc\todo\node_modules\node-sass
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.13.2
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! Build failed with error code: 1

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\prave\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2022-02-04T04_02_08_349Z-debug-0.log
[ERROR] An error occurred while running subprocess cordova.

    cordova platform add android --save exited with exit code 1.

    Re-running this command with the --verbose flag may provide more information.

I used to get nightmares from node-sass errors - and when I found out that it (in my case) was related to node version mismatches, I used NVM to switch between node versions.