Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Two friends on a winter drive to Spiti,Himachal Pradesh (RishadMehta)
Muslims see through Mulayam’s game (Tehelka)
Behind the Assam killings (Newslaundry)
The steady rise of Pune’s Kolte Patil Developers (ForbesIndia)
The fighting Gurkha (IDR)
The fat lady is still singing (NewYorker)
First photographs ever taken of Jerusalem (Smithsonian)
Vladimir Putin’s triumph (Economist)
What will Microsoft be like if Satya becomes its CEO (BusinessWeek)
Sleaze and the unmanly man (JaiArjun)
Foreign workers of Dubai (NationalGeographic)
In pictures:Rahul Gandhi’s interview with Arnab Goswami (UnrealTimes)
A road trip in Thailand (TeamBHP)
Movie Review:Jai Ho (VigilIdiot)
What is it like to be financially poor (Rodinhoods)