Some off beat reads for the weekend:
The saint and his taint (Tehelka)
Lets share the cock (Open)
Sex Crimes noone cares about (Newslaundry)
Ratnakar Bank is amongst India’s top lenders (Forbes)
Land acquisition in India to become costly (Moneylife)
City of the lost (NewYorker)
12 Cover letter mistakes to avoid (Slate)
Great cocktail moments in great literature (Smithsonian)
Attacking Syria (Economist)
Why is Vladimir Putin acting so crazy (BusinessWeek)
What Syria teaches us about hyperinflation (Atlantic)
460 Days of captivity in Somalia (NYTimes)
Bobby Riggs, the Mafia and the battle of the sexes (ESPN)
Spoof:What is secularism? (UnrealTimes)
Can Mumbai call itself a great food city? (MumbaiBoss)
Sher-E-Bengal (GreatBong)
Thailand 101:Advice, Tips,Planning etc (TeamBHP)