Some off beat reads for the weekend:
The inside story of the Saudi night of long knives (ATimes)
Albania: Land of Vendettas (VQR Online)
Shenzhen: First city to have all-electric bus fleet (SCMP)
The ugly truth of the first world war (Pankaj Mishra)
How Britain did Gaddafi’s dirty work (Guardian)
Russian money in Silicon Valley (Atlantic)
The inside story of Venture Capital’s messiest breakup (Wired)
The woman who tried to take down Darwin (Smithsonian)
Battle for Gujarat: Amit Shah in the vanguard (Open)
Tamil Nadu: Star studded contests (Gossip Guru)
Spoof: Obama sinks family savings (The Onion)
Two daughters and sons-in-law (Jawed Naqvi)
Remembering Dina, Jinnah’s daughter (Akbar Ahmed)
The return of Malayalam Cinema’s only female superstar (Caravan)
The new Directors of Bollywood (Outlook)