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Weekend Mega Linkfest: July 07, 2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Inside South Kashmir (Rahul Pandita)

Real Estate : The Free Fall (Outlook)

Immediate withdrawal is the only wise move for India (Global Times)

Indian Israelis go ga-ga over Modi (Times of Israel)

Why India-Israel connect is unnerving our ‘secular liberals’ (Jaggi)

The brutal hazing culture of US Marines (NYTimes)

How date farming changed this farmer’s life (BI)

The sad,sexist past of Bengali cuisine (Mayukh Sen)

A Feni kind of love (IE)

How to get rid of mistresses in China (BBC)

Auto Talk: App Based Tyre Pressure Management System (TeamBHP)

30 Offbeat Indian Destinations (HP)

Why everyone needs a ‘gap year’ to see the world (NatGeo)

37 Etiquette Rules (Brightside)

Photos: Photographer of the Year Favorites (NatGeo)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: June 30,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The global tech investing Tsunami (Haresh Chawla)

Hong Kong is in trouble (NYTimes)

Shkreli’s hedge fund went from success to bust in 31 minutes (Bloomberg)

GST creates political risks for Modi (Jaggi)

Israel & India:  Instinctively Together (Open)

Lynching in Haryana (Caravan)

Apple’s new HQ (HBR)

Donald Trump: Troll in Chief (Atlantic)

Our contemporary notion of self-esteem (LongReads)

On zero-cost no-till natural farming (BI)

My life as an airport security guard (Guardian)

Ownership Review: Hyundai Creta (Team BHP)

Gossip: Congress’ Hindu Conscience (Gossip Guru)

Hiking: Stok Kangri Trek (Nat Geo)

Darjeeling Diary (Outlook)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: June 23,2017

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

How Uber’s CEO got fired (NYTimes)

Behind the MGR Seduction (Scroll)

The case of the Missing Rahul Gandhi (Jaggi)

Open letter by Sanjay Dixit to disgruntled IAS officers (Swarajya)

Pakistan-The undeclared Jihad Factory (EP Today)

How boy soldiers survived Boko Haram (NYTimes)

Confessions of a Cartel Hit Man (Men’s Journal)

American truckers are debt slaves (USA Today)

Being Donald Trump-The life of an impersonator (Guardian)

Travelogue: Iceland (AFar)

Japan in 72 Hours (Nat Geo)

When did we lose the game to Pakistan? (Great Bong)

Darjeeling Tea: A Second Flush (Open)

Mumbai Diary (Aniruddha Roy)

Why India needs a library movement (Caravan)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: June 16, 2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Wells Fargo defrauded more than a million customers (VF)

How the US triggered a massacre in Mexico (Publica)

From Russia with blood (BuzzFeed)

Neel Kashkari is the Fed’s toughest internal critic (Businessweek)

NDTV frauds Vs Freedom (Mediacrooks)

The secret origin story of the iPhone (Verge)

Driving and camping in Scotland (TeamBHP)

Spoof: Hitler rant over “Vegetable Biryani” (Scroll)

Celebrating all things Peru (Nat Geo)

China’s dog meat festival (Forbes)

Fungus turns beetles into killer zombies (Live Science)

Koh-i-noor stories lose their shine (Flipboard)

21 long exposure photos that will blow your socks off (Light Stalking)

23 of the oldest color photos ever taken (Buzzfeed)

Bhojpuri Diary (Ravi Kishan)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: June 09, 2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Rise of the Machines-who is IOT good for? (Guardian)

Hung Parliament in UK (New Statesman)

The bounty hunter of Wall Street (NYTimes)

The revenge of James Comey (New Yorker)

The rags to riches story of Kapil Sharma (YS)

Raghuram Rajan has the last laugh (Swarajya)

No one has ever made a corruption machine like this (BW)

Future of Indian Muslim Politics (Caravan)

Congress anarchy plan (Media Crooks)

The Legacy of Meesey Thimmaiah  (BI)

7 Pakistani Startups (Dawn)

Coorg Diary (Outlook)

Travelogue: Exploring Alaska (TeamBHP)

Gossip: Amitabh’s ambition (Gossip Guru)

10 Best Hotel Restaurants in India (NatGeo)