Some off beat reads for the weekend:
The downing of MH17-A precedent for the World’s battlefields (Atlantic)
How Russian hackers stole the NASDAQ (BusinessWeek)
Booming until it hurts (RobertShiller)
Fear & Foreboding in South Block (Open)
An Israeli shot in India’s arm (Tehelka)
Taking the taste of Bikaner global (ForbesIndia)
How Actors were transformed into Apes (Smithsonian)
Why do we have blood types? (Mosaic)
The Craigslist Killers (GQ)
If Bollywood Directors had directed the “Dawn of the Apes” (UnrealTimes)
Travelogue:Conquering the Marsimik La (TeamBHP)
How I write (WilliamDalrymple)
Goodbye Yahoo Chat ! Goodbye Orkut ! (GreatBong)
What is the biggest misconceptions Indians have about India? (Quora)
Jains want Palitana to be declared a vegetarian zone (Outlook)