Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:
Travelling with the Indian sex tourist to Tashkent (Open)
The many charms of Sheila Aunty (Tehelka)
Japan’s tormented relationship with its modernity (Caravan)
Economist:Thriving in the age of digital media (ForbesIndia)
The Indian Army-What’s gone wrong (IDR)
India’s sanitation disaster (Outlook)
What happens when a language has no numbers (Slate)
The 4500 year old city of Mohenjo Daro is crumbling (Smithsonian)
The coming collapse of Arab monarchies (ForeignAffairs)
How Oreos work like cocaine (Atlantic)
The story behind Rahul Gandhis “Escape Velocity of Jupiter” remark (UnrealTimes)
9 Best conversations of my life (Rodinhoods)
How the Goldman Sachs cafeteria works (BI)
A new way to know whats trending on Twitter (Labnol)
Travelogue:Fortuner goes to Ladakh,Spiti and Leh (TeamBHP)
Portrait of an Afghan Assasin (MotherJones)
I got hired at a Bangladeshi sweatshop (TheStar)