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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 17 April, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Psycho Politics of Dhurandhar (For Pol)

The night of Red Terror is over (RT)

The Women’s Reservation Trojan Horse (KBS Sidhu)

America’s double standards on Nuclear Islamism (The Hill)

Pakistan, the untrustworthy broker (TOI)

The unmaking of Kuwaitis (New Lines)

Sayyid Qutb: Godfather of Islamism (Spiked)

Osho debunks nonviolence (Rakesh Simha)

The funniest first date (EZ Rider)

Life of a Japanese Salaryman (Nyan Chuu)

I was ordained a Jenukuruba (R Balu)

The Paradox of the dark-skinned Brahmin (Manu Joseph)

Gold, Taste & Timing (GWC)

Misdeeds of former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao (KR)

How Portugues pushed Goan Hindu widows to Christianity (SM)

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War Unplugged

Source: Haaretz

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RBI is the Problem

Source: South China Morning Post

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Linkfest: 17 April, 2026

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

India’s inflation to rise to 4.7% in FY27 (Forbes)

India’s nuclear bet is starting to pay off (OP)

Europe is running out of Jet Fuel (Yahoo)

Wipro approves 15,000 Cr buyback (Rediff)

US stocks are climbing the Mt Everest of worry (DR)

El Nino of 2026 (ACS)

How HALO stocks are performing (Sherwood)

Is your index fund really diversified? (Morningstar)

The 50 Largest Family Offices in the world (Altss)

Jackie Shroff’s wild money story (FE)

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Crones & Drones

Source: Financial Times