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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 07 November, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Bihar elections at full throttle (Open)

India’s attacks on Khalistanis abroad (Bloomberg)

Sino-Indian rivalry in Bay of Bengal (ORF)

Turkey’s return to great power status (Engelsberg)

No to Hungary’s money for Ukraine (Orban Viktor)

Kazakhstan enters Abraham Accords (NI)

Algeria Vs France (RT)

New York City has fallen to a Muslim Communist (RAIR)

Sudan’s new frontier (Cradle)

How China became the world’s biggest shipbuilder (CP)

What the West should learn from China (Ideas Letter)

How Indians are training AI robots to act human (LA Times)

The forgotten 1947 siege of Delhi (Dharma Dispatch)

150 years of Vande Mataram (Organiser)

Thread: Why is number 108 holy in Hinduism (AT)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 31 October, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

A Crash is Coming (Engelsberg)

Slaughter in el-Fasher (Al Majalla)

Inside India’s cybercrime villages (Guardian)

Indians trafficked in Oman (New Lines)

The struggle for Pakistan’s conscience (MEM)

Bangladesh’s pivot to China (ORF)

What the West could learn from Israel (Spiked)

Russia’s Burevestnik Missile Test (FP)

The end of Bolivia’s pink tide (NI)

How UK lost its shipbuilding industry (CP)

Quantum Computing is coming for your digital secrets (Walrus)

The dangerous charisma of Zohran Mamdani (TOI)

The untold story of Major Chint Singh (GC)

What made blogging different? (TPM)

The Second Bhatoora (Parminder Singh)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 24 October, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s first female PM (Al Majalla)

The imperial past of India’s geopolitics (Engelsberg)

Regime change in Venezuela (Crisis)

Israel’s annexation of West Bank (TOI)

Battle to win NY’s Hindus (New Lines)

Russia Vs Ukraine (NI)

Hungary Vs Poland (Korybko)

Taiwan Vs China (Time)

Bangladesh Jihadists Vs Bangladesh Army (FP)

Africa Vs Gays (RT)

Dog Lovers Vs Diwali (Jai Arjun)

The secret life of Horus (Edify)

Book Review: Alexander to Actium (PSmith)

Travelogue: Cambodia & Laos (Team BHP)

Dyers of Simla (Hill Post)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 17 October, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Fearful silence amongst Indian-Americans (Scroll)

Indian politicians & revdi politics (Print)

RSS matters beyond India (WaPo)

Pakistan’s strike on Afghanistan (FP)

Pakistan’s Taliban project backfires (Cradle)

Pakistan between Gaza & the Great Game (MEM)

A US return to Bagram Air Base (NI)

United States Vs Venezuela (RT)

Gaza peace plan won’t last (TOI)

View from a Gazan (TOI)

Madagascar’s military coup (Al Majalla)

Drone warfare’s new old era (Engelsberg)

Shawarma in Berlin (Smithsonian)

Croatia’s Pomalo (BBC Travel)

Sari Exhibition in New York (NY Times)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 10 October, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Starmer’s desperate dash to India (FP)

India faces Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact (FP)

Why America will lose to China (Japan Times)

Twitter & Saudi Arabia (Guardian)

Javier Milei has led Argentina to ruin (RT)

Thai students and their hair checks (NY Times)

Settlers bursting Tel Aviv’s bubble (New Lines)

Azerbaijan is new faultline in US-China confrontation (NI)

Pakistan’s Gaza assignment (Cradle)

Preparing for the death of Putin (RAND)

The roots of Kurdish discontent (Engelsberg)

How Mangalore has become the Silicon Beach of India (GC)

Chile’s Route 7 (BBC Travel)

Road Trip: Iceland (Team BHP)

Adi Shankaracharya: The man who hacked reality (AN)