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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Understanding US military defeat in Iran (Pilkington)

Russia must prepare for peace without peace (RT)

How the UAE built an army of Kleptocrats (Jacobin)

How Netanyahu transformed Israeli politics (JPost)

How a DEA sting caused a Colombian insurgency (Drop)

Welcome to new age of feudalism (Niti Shastra)

Why Babur & family never became Indians (IT)

Sweden’s Age of Conquests (Engelsberg)

How Mumbai was planned into crowding (Swarajya)

Thread: Why Assam is in India (Himanta Biswa Sarma)

Why foreign tourists are falling out of love with Goa (BBC)

The Great Indian Railway Platform (R Balu)

Religion & Spying (CLJ)

Aden’s last Hindu temple (New Lines)

Drive: Arunachal Pradesh (Team BHP)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

All non-drone militaries are obsolete (Noah Opinion)

How US learned to love Pakistan (Drop Site)

Iran’s Iraqi Front (Arab News)

Kaliningrad & the Suwalki Gap (Crisis)

Why Pakistan deployed troops in Saudi Arabia (New Lines)

Foreign Policy Survey 2025 (ORF)

What globalizing the intifada looks like (Atlantic)

The only female Yakuza (Guardian)

The Paradox that is Punjab (Prateek Rajput)

Sita Ram Goel’s letter to Romila Thapar (DD)

The origins of Canara Bank (Parimal)

The Param-eaters of Bhodrolok (Great Bong)

Thread: Fact Check on Bhojashala (True Indology)

The evil Rammohun Roy (SM)

Thread: Dhaka muslin (Jamal Jafri)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Safeguarding India’s strategic autonomy (Niti Shastra)

Why Kerala chose V D Satheesan (IE)

Odds stacked against Joseph Vijay (Print)

Despondency of Non-Resident Bengalis (India Today)

Bengal’s Culture of Humiliation (Great Bong)

Thread: Conspiracy against Great Nicobar project (Vijay Patel)

Is Elon Musk already a Trillionaire? (Puck)

Iran’s Bluff (TOI)

Angry young British women (Spiked)

Belgium sends soldiers to its streets (Spectator)

Why young Indians join the Civil Services (KBS Sidhu)

The quiet grief of adult friendship (TOI)

AP x Swatch Royal Pops (GQ)

How 3 Indian PoWs escaped from Singapore in WW 2 (Scroll)

China’s most famous green tea (BBC Travel)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Deconstructing Bengal Elections-Part 1 (Great Bong)

Deconstructing Bengal Elections-Part 2 (Great Bong)

The end of Mamata’s evil empire (First Post)

What liberals need to understand about Bengal’s voters (NDTV)

The Trinamool-Jamaat nexus (Daily Star)

The man who gave Modi Bengal (NS)

The real message from Tamil Nadu election results (Swarajya)

What lies ahead for Assam (Print)

The Return of the Sacred (Vasudha)

Mixed messages on US-Iran deal (Time)

Germany’s new militarization (RT)

Thread: The Hedonic Treadmill (Sandeep Kulkarni)

The story of HMT Rice (Parimal)

Mirza Ghalib on Benaras (Raza Rumi)

A museum visit with VS Naipaul (Aatish Taseer)

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

5 Factors in West Bengal Election (Print)

Demographic change in West Bengal (Dossier)

India is becoming a new global power (TOI)

Pakistanis deported from UAE (New Lines)

How Iran’s regime stays in control (NI)

Russia mulls Mali strategy (Al Majalla)

Asian mothers, bad feelings (Guardian)

Settler pogroms in Palestine (RT)

Europe is no longer pro Israel (MEM)

Israel’s strategic failure in Iran (Niti Shastra)

Eurasian back-door War Economy (R&R)

Horological Hiccups (GWC)

Aurangzeb & Jagannath Temple (Sanatan)

27-year-old revenge killing in Mumbai underworld (IE)

The insipid vegetarian breakfast of luxury hotels (MC)