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Weekend Mega Linkfest: September 15,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Russia’s new theory of war (NYTimes)

America’s secret role in the Rwandan genocide (Guardian)

Cure to Cancer is near (Outlook)

Modi’s Mandal (Open)

Time to break up J&K (PGurus)

How Pakistan became a failed state (Minhaz Merchant)

Can America live with a nuclear North Korea? (Atlantic)

China is light years ahead in the mobile payments revolution (SCMP)

Pakistan’s Intelligence Agencies: The inside story (Dawn)

A Travancore Tale (Orijit Sen)

Daytime Prisons (Media Crooks)

How Sikkim became India’s cleanest state (BI)

The history of zero is older than thought (Smithsonian)

How Indian film makers depict servants (IQ)

12 Top tips from experienced drivers (Brightside)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: September 08, 2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Letter from Pyongyang (New Yorker)

The politics of manual scavenging (Rahul Pandita)

How the aristocracy preserved their power (Guardian)

Trump: The first White President (Atlantic)

Coffee Naps (Vox)

Pakistan has been lying to itself (Dawn)

The magical tattoo artists of Cambodia (SCMP)

Road Trip: Spiti Valley (Team BHP)

Spoof: Rahul Gandhi’s AI Speech (Great Bong)

Why Modi recalled the Kamaraj Plan (Gossip Guru)

Spoof: Kim Jong Un addresses the UN (The Onion)

Little known facts about Asha Bhosale (BI)

Photos: Inside Hrithik Roshan’s house (HP)

Ganeshotsav and Mumbai’s Decibel Divide (Anil Dharker)

Who really invented the Periodic Table? (ThoughtCo)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest : September 01,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

La Ultra- The High (Mint)

Vinayaki-The female version of Lord Ganesha (Scroll)

The Case of Doklam (War On The Rocks)

The dilemma of being Nandan Nilekani (Charles Assisi)

How to get rich in Trump’s Washington (NYTimes)

Turkey’s Billion $ Hair Transplant Industry (TRT World)

Why Chinese investors are flocking to Johor,Malaysia (SCMP)

The last Nazi hunters (Guardian)

Cryptocurrency Cyber Crime soars (Bloomberg)

Thoughts on this season of Game of Thrones (Great Bong)

Driven: The World’s Best road (Team BHP)

Trekking: Snow Lake, Karakoram, Pakistan (Dawn)

Jaffna: The Haunted and the Hopeful (Open)

Bareilly Ki Diary (Outlook)

70 years of Indian Advertising (Mint)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: August 24, 2017

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

Rajnikanth’s cult following in Japan (SCMP)

Why Narayan Murthy needs to relearn rules of the Murthy Doctrine (Rama Bijapurkar)

Dateline Xinadu (Outlook)

How the US can pressure Pakistan (Atlantic)

The Triple Talaq Judgement (Irfan Habib)

Drones and UAV swarming (IDR)

How a shadowy Imam created the Barcelona terror cell (NYTimes)

Life in Damascus (Guardian)

Carl Icahn’s failed raid on Washington (New Yorker)

In India, education is just a line in the bio-data (J Murali)

Do owning Holiday Homes make any sense? (Team BHP)

Startup Story: Unocoin- a Bitcoin market place (YS)

Spoof: American soldiers could thrive in Afghanistan (Onion)

Short Story: Twice Born Place (IQ)

How Aamir became fat (Rajeev Masand)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: August 18, 2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Doval Doctrine (Open)

Moving On… (Vishal Sikka)

Could there be a war between China & Japan? (Guardian)

The End of Sand (New Yorker)

Trump’s Business of Corruption (New Yorker)

Gymkhana Memberships-Worth It? (Team BHP)

How Bangalore has changed beyond recognition (Scroll)

The continued reign of Mohanlal (Mint)

Steve Bannon, Unrepentant (Prospect)

Rescuing King Cobras (BI)

Chinese racist video on India (Xinhua)

Glamping in Nagaland (Outlook)

Gossip: Amit ‘Defence’ Shah ? (Gossip Guru)

4 Fool Proof ways to spot a liar (Bright Side)

Toyota patented a device which will make objects invisible (Futurism)