Some interesting offbeat reads for the weekend:
Realty comes back to bite the Pawar family (Tehelka)
India was the aggressor in 1962, China was the aggrieved (Outlook)
When the loud get going (Caravan)
Ask him no questions-Analysis of Kurshid’s media conference (Newslaundry)
Cutting Narendra Modi some slack (ForbesIndia)
How to earn 7% in a savings account with no minimum balance (Moneylife)
No wars for water (ForeignAffairs)
Inside Osama’s last hours (VanityFair)
Rise of the stay at home phone sex operator (Atlantic)
Never say no to networking (HBR)
The scariest little corner of the world (NYTimes)
How a high speed train accident exposed China’s corruption (NewYorker)
A hike in Western China (DesignObserver)
Ganapati Mandals 2012 of Mumbai (Ghumakkar)
A Ferrari weekend (RishadSam)
Movies: Monsters I have known (JaiArjun)
Book Review:The Science of Yoga (IDreamBooks)
Book Excerpt: India Becoming (Open)
Mahinda Quanto Reviewed (TeamBHP)
Spoof:Kapil Sibal, Chidambaram win Nobel prize for Zero loss theory (UnrealTimes)