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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 16 March, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Agni V – Message in a Missile (Open)

Rameshwaram Cafe Blast: A grim reminder (Organiser)

Emptying Nepal (ORF)

Afghan bitterness towards Pakistan (Tribune)

Harvard tramples the Truth (City Journal)

Bloody hands, Bloody fools (TOI)

My daily struggle to find food in Gaza (New Yorker)

Bitter legacy of Israel’s West Bank settlements (Engelsberg)

The Turkiye-Israel trade boom (Cradle)

Western troops in Ukraine (RT)

The worldview of Putin (Al Majalla)

Total Militarisation (Alexander Dugin)

A Bullshit Genius (The Drift)

Alexandra David-Neel, the first European woman in Tibet (BBC)

Driving on ice in Finland (Mint)

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Mega Linkfest : 07 March, 2024

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

Open AI Vs Elon Musk ( OpenAI )

India : The Global Swing State ( Open )

Two Contrasting Yatras ( Organiser )

How Trump won the GOP nomination ( Time )

The leaked German military call ( RT )

How not to lose the way in Pakistan ( News )

Xi tightens control over China ( SCMP )

Airbnb’s devastating effect on Canada housing ( Walrus )

Plight of the Hazaras in Afghanistan ( ORF )

Russia Vs Poland ( Engelsberg )

Vatican’s history of anti-Communism ( Jacobin )

Jews Vs Fascists in 1930s Manchester ( Spiked )

Safety tips from Indian women bikers ( Print )

Travel : Rann of Kutch ( Mint )

Auto : Avoid cheap sunfilms ( Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 02 March, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Mahadev betting app scam (Open)

Amrit Railway Stations (Organiser)

Importing Violence in Europe (Rair Foundation)

Who is Portugal for? (Palladium)

Chinese anxiety over ‘Peak China’ (ORF)

Fears mount over Al Aqsa tensions (Al Majalla)

The post Gaza war opportunity (TOI)

Two shores, One sea (Baffler)

Secrets of the Conservative money machine (Guardian)

Sadiq Khan is tearing London apart (Spiked)

Imran Khan’s resurrection (Dawn)

Pakistani Americans (Tribune)

Riders in the smog (ROW)

Pura Vida: Costa Rica’s national saying (BBC Travel)

Humour: A guide to traffic in India (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 23 February, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How BJP is using the Saral app (ROW)

How BJP is a ‘washing machine’ (Wire)

Dr Jaishankar at the Raisina Dialogue (Print)

Anti-Pak protests in PoK (Organiser)

The last days of Julian Assange in Britain (Declassified UK)

Will Iran enter a regional war? (Cradle)

US-Iran proxy wars in the Middle East (Arab News)

When Hamas hit US suburbia (TOI)

Why Putin is no rush to end the Ukraine war (Al Majalla)

Kurds causing unrest in Japan (Rair Foundation)

The future of the Quad (ORF)

Plov: Uzbekistan’s rice dish (BBC Travel)

Drive: Ranthambore (Team BHP)

15 Cases where Devdutt Pattanaik was exposed (The Flain)

Obituary: Fali S Nariman (Open)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 16 February, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Pakistan Elections: The Foundational Error (Open)

Imran Khan’s truimph (Cradle)

A Hezbollah-Israel war has never been closer (Al Majalla)

The fall & rise of Marwan Barghouti (Engelsberg)

Netanyahu: The Scorpion (TOI)

A Kamala Harris Presidency (RT)

Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Durrand Line (Tribune)

Will the Taliban’s opium ban last? (Zocalo)

Muslim identity politics in UK (Spiked)

The story of Las Vegas (Smithsonian)

Thread: Reason of Indian belly fat (Shree History)

Review: Medieval Chinese warfare (PSmith)

The 600 year old Greek bakery (BBC Travel)

Drive: Spiti (Team BHP)

Travel: Northern Lights in Finland (Mint)