Some off beat reads for the weekend:
The Fearless Extortionists (Mediacrooks)
How I became a Fort conservationist (Open)
Will Mulayam Singh Yadav be the PM in 2014? (Tehelka)
A radioactive death (OutlookIndia)
The unstoppable boys of Punjabi Pop (Caravan)
News Laundry interviews Hartosh Bal (Newslaundry)
BR Shetty:Building a healthcare empire (Forbes)
This entire country is about to be wiped out by climate change (BusinessWeek)
Bill Marriott:Sixty years a hotelier (Economist)
10 of the best quotes ever as per Reddit users (Marketwatch)
How women change men (Atlantic)
Summer in Sikkim (Ghummakar)
On Sachin and the Bharat Ratna (GreatBong)
Movie Review:Ram Leela (VigilIdiot)
In Pictures:When Sachin batted for the last time (UnrealTimes)
Using data to hire,fire and promote (Atlantic)
Whats it like to fail (Priceonomics)
The many faces of Hindi movie Maa (Jabberwock)