Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Seduced and abandoned (VanityFair)
The Doctor and the Saint (ArundhatiRoy)
Riyaz Amlani and his Economics of Fine Dining (Forbes)
Naveen Patnaik keeps the national parties guessing (Caravan)
A bit of Caste (Outlook)
The Guru Delusion (Open)
The blood harvest (Atlantic)
A WhatsApp rival goes beyond messaging (NewYorker)
Can this device make dogs talk like humans? (Smithsonian)
India,the best customer for America’s Defense Industry (Bloomberg)
Fascism,Russia and Ukraine (NYBooks)
The Ivory Highway (MensJournal)
Travelogue:The Andamans (TeamBHP)
After DMK,BJP explores alliance with Congress (UnrealTimes)
In Pictures:Sushma Swaraj doing things (UnrealTimes)