Some off beat reads for the weekend:
The real truth about Aleppo (Independent)
Silicon Valley:Valley of Dolts (Outline)
Rant:We are F**king done with these Billion $ cos (AppDupe)
Politics:Betting on Behenji (Open)
Germany’s Kebab Murders (Guardian)
The Godfather Wars (Vanity Fair)
My President was Black (Atlantic)
The Graffiti kids who sparked the Syrian War (Globe & Mail)
The greatest self-help scammer of all time (Paleo)
How India went from world’s education capital to depths of illiteracy (IndiaFacts)
Travelogue:New Zealand’s South Island (TeamBHP)
The secret to doing what you love (James Altucher)
An Indian in search of the perfect cup of tea (DailyO)
Gossip:BJP-NCP Kichdi cooking (Gossip Guru)
Your Grandma was right about idlis (Swarajya)