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Weekend Mega Linkfest: November 10,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The inside story of the Saudi night of long knives (ATimes)

Albania: Land of Vendettas  (VQR Online)

Shenzhen: First city to have all-electric bus fleet (SCMP)

The ugly truth of the first world war (Pankaj Mishra)

How Britain did Gaddafi’s dirty work (Guardian)

Russian money in Silicon Valley (Atlantic)

The inside story of Venture Capital’s messiest breakup (Wired)

The woman who tried to take down Darwin (Smithsonian)

Battle for Gujarat: Amit Shah in the vanguard (Open)

Tamil Nadu: Star studded contests (Gossip Guru)

Spoof: Obama sinks family savings (The Onion)

Two daughters and sons-in-law (Jawed Naqvi)

Remembering Dina, Jinnah’s daughter (Akbar Ahmed)

The return of Malayalam Cinema’s only female superstar (Caravan)

The new Directors of Bollywood (Outlook)

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Weekend MegaLinkfest: November 03,2017

Some offbeat reads for the weekend:

How it feels to lose $30,000 in bitcoin (Wired)

There never was a real tulip bubble (Smithsonian)

Asia braces for US rate hikes (Asia Times)

The war against Pope Francis (Guardian)

The 2017 Raid De Himalaya (TeamBHP)

Pakistan, the Land of the Intolerant (Mohammed Hanif)

Four Everyday designs that are pukka Indian (Scroll)

Meet the Dogfather of Mumbai (YS)

The Oxford of Gujarat (Mint)

How Mumbai police tracked down Pallavi’s killer (Rahul Pandita)

How Udipi hotels unwittingly curbed caste segregation (Scroll)

Some unknown facts about Bangalore that are hard to believe (Quora)

It was never love (Dr. Irfan Zafar)

How Tintin led a Belgian anthropologist to Java (SCMP)

Pranab Dada: Re-Hinduising Congress (Gossip Guru)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: October 13,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The inhuman treatment of Mumbai commuters (Counter Current)

Did Britain educate India? (Open)

Asia’s water wars (ATimes)

The Prophet of Germany’s new Right (NYTimes)

Why India needs  a Balochistan policy (Swarajya)

Why Rohingya will never be welcome in Myanmar (SCMP)

Pakistan: Coup Talk (Dawn)

The world’s first terrorists (Independent)

Road Trip: The Meghalaya Sojourn (TeamBHP)

The alternative Kishore Kumar playlist (Scroll)

This Londoner started a 4.4 Cr Vada Pav Business (YS)

Go anywhere on Earth in 60 minutes (Futurism)

Blany D’Souza – Mangalore’s Urban Gardener (BI)

The true story of the Death of Stalin (Smithsonian)

Book Review: Survival of the Prettiest (NYTimes)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: October 06, 2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Chinese tourists are changing the world (SCMP)

Why China got so angry with India (IE)

The fascinating history of Mysore Sandal Soap (BI)

Modinomics explained (Jaggi)

A Caste & Cultural war in Goa (Caravan)

When working from home doesn’t work (Atlantic)

Pakistan: The War Within (Diplomat)

Behind Saudi Arabia (Dawn)

Jackie Chan’s plans to keep on kicking (GQ)

Pune Villagers Vs Sunburn Festival (Scroll)

Why can’t we cure the common cold? (Guardian)

Travelogue: Machu Picchu, Peru (TeamBHP)

Best places to see the  Northern Lights (Smithsonian)

The Kangana-Hrithik drama (HP)

Mumbai Notebook (Anil Dharker)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: September 29, 2017

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

Inside the Hate Modi industry (Rahul Pandita)

Doordarshan era anchors recall the past (Scroll)

Yashwant Sinha Ko Gussa Kyon Aaya (Jaggi)

The horrifically evil ISIS Wives (Alternet)

Life and violent death in China Town (SCMP)

Facebook’s war on free will (Guardian)

The inside story of the great Silicon Valley heist (Wired)

Special Report: The Break Up of Pakistan 1969-71 (Dawn)

What ever happened to the Russian Revolution? (Smithsonian)

Ownership Review: My 2017 Hyundai Verna Diesel (TeamBHP)

Rahul Gandhi’s money woes (Gossip Guru)

The untold story of Yusuf Meherally (BI)

Jain Couple’s embracing of monkhood is privilege, not sacrifice (HP)

The Good Snob (IQ)

Los Angeles Diary (Outlook)