Some off beat reads for the weekend:
India asserts global standing (RT)
Canada’s Indira Gandhi assassination parade (ORF)
Vedantic Realpolitik (American Conservative)
The United States Vs Donald Trump (Politico)
How Erdogan held on to power (Dawn)
Why Imran Khan has disappeared from Pakistan’s media (BBC)
Who is looting Yemen’s oil? (Cradle)
Behind the renewed troubles in North Kosovo (Crisis)
When Thatcher met Mandela (Declassified UK)
Why nobody finds the opulent new Parliament vulgar (Mint)
Massacre of Mandayam Iyengars by Tipu Sultan (The Commune)
Chasing Buddhas across Bihar (Lounge)
The 1,700 year legacy of Korean temple cuisine (BBC Travel)
The real story behind ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ (Peepul Tree)
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One reply on “Weekend Mega Linkfest: 09 June, 2023”
Though Ponniyin selvan movie is a hit, for me still that book is far better than movie. It would be good, if this was taken as series than a movie. Book is a 5 volume, which is reduced to 2 part movie. For people those who don’t read Tamil, this maybe good.
But I guess the recent novel Velpari (https://www.amazon.in/Velpari-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF/dp/938810417X/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1686390548&refinements=p_27%3ASu.Venkatesan&s=books&sr=1-1) from Venkasen(https://twitter.com/SuVe4Madurai) will beat ponniyin selvan. When a right director converts that into series, that will be one of the world hit.