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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 20 February, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Trump threatens Iran (Arab News)

Starlink in Iran (WSJ)

The Day After Khamenei (NI)

Make Empire Great Again (Mehdi Hasan)

Ex-Prince Andrew’s arrest (Al Majalla)

Can India trust BNP? (FP)

The final solution to Imran Khan (MEM)

The Baloch Pivot (Open)

West’s favourite delusion about Russia (Brian McDonald)

Ukrainians Vs Zelensky (RT)

Myth of Thailand’s Middle-Income Trap (Pietro Masina)

First meeting of “Board of Peace” (Lorraine Evanoff)

Why India imports Dals (KBS Sidhu)

Letter from Mongol Guyuk Khan to Pope Innocent IV (RKS)

Off Roading with Mercedes (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 13 February, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

What Bangladesh’s Election means (Time)

Islamists are real winners in Bangladesh (FP)

Pakistan’s blowback state (MEM)

Christian Nationalism in UK (Spiked)

The Nordic strategic tradition (Engelsberg)

Saudi Arabia carves up Yemen (Cradle)

Goodbye to Saudi-Israeli normalization (JNS)

The campaign to bring back the Shah of Iran (FT)

Gaddafi’s son assassinated (RT)

Ukraine has become Hungary’s enemy (Korybko)

Anti Semitism in Netherlands (JPost)

Jeffrey Epstein’s Emails (JMail)

Another Sholay essay (Jai Arjun)

CIA in Sikkim (Ankit Jakhar)

Drive: Oman (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 06 February, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Indo-US Trade deal (Niti Shastra)

Origins of Trump’s Greenland pursuit (Time)

Bahrain on the frontline (Cradle)

Rivalry in the Horn of Africa (Al Majalla)

Why Bangladesh is wary of Jamaat (Strat News)

Balochistan, Pakistan’s bleeding sore (Tribune)

Inferno in Iran (ForPol)

Why Iran is witnessing a gold rush (New Lines)

The Israel-Iran Detente won’t last (RAND)

Epstein was an Israeli asset (MEM)

CM Yogi’s new Avatar (Print)

N Chandra’s legacy (Bloomberg)

An anecdote of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw (Usman)

Japan’s Indian Hero-Radha Binod Pal (CL)

Why the Samurai still matter (Engelsberg)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 30 January, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

For US, India is both ally and adversary (FP)

Where will the NCP go from here? (Sujit Nair)

Cuba has 15 days of oil left (FP)

The US has abandoned Syria’s Kurds (TOI)

From Persia to Iran (Niti Shastra)

South Korea: Happily Unmarried (New Lines)

A Rhodesian Warning for Liberals (ZH)

Be Jensen Huang (Jaynit)

Unemployed folks calling themselves Founders (FP)

By 45, Life has already answered you (Onu Slim)

Thread: 55 Lessons from a 55-year-old (Jil Theo)

How to fix your life in 1 Day (Dan Koe)

A Pune Engineer has mastered Urushi (IE)

How Odissi became popular in Japan (Scroll)

Thread: Food in Lucknow (Kathan)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 16 January, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The $38 Trillion Question (IM1776)

Battle for the Petro Dollar (Niti Shastra)

The fall of ‘rules based’ order (Spiked)

The UN is dead (Al Majalla)

Venezuela is America’s Suez moment (ForPol)

USA Vs Latin America (Engelsberg)

Europe wants to talk to Russia (RT)

Uprising in Iran (MEM)

Schrodinger’s Jihadists (New Lines)

Thread: What contemporaries thought of Marathas (PS)

Ayo Gurkhali (Hill Post)

Makar Sankranti across India (KBS Sidhu)

Satire: Living in Europe is Paradise (MS)

Thread: Cultures of Colombia (HN)

Road Trip: Northeast India (Team BHP)