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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 12 June, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Accounting of Anil Ambani must come (KBS Sidhu)

India’s EV dream is facing reality (Binu Alex)

What’s in store for new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) (Swarajya)

Gen Z in revolt (Spiked)

Why is Iran targeting Kuwait & Bahrain? (Al Majalla)

Unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan (FP)

Turkey’s outreach to India (GC)

Israel’s New Iran Spies (Haaretz)

Pakistani Imam creates Muslim City in US (RAIR)

300 Kerala Pakistani Muslims (RKS)

To speak of Solitude (Walrus)

Guru Tegh Bahadur to Aurangzeb (Abhinav)

Travel Tips from Padma Lakshmi (BBC Travel)

Drive: Kashmir in Mahindra XEV 9e (Team BHP)

The Great Busyness Epidemic (R Balu)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 05 June, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Modi’s Enablers (Ramachandra Guha)

Bengal verdict has changed Indian politics (Mahesh Jethmalani)

Securing the Bengal border (Organiser)

Brits enraged over Sikh’s murder of Henry Nowak (RAIR)

How Mossad became a war fighting juggernaut (JPost)

Why Cuba suddenly matters again (GC)

Pakistan’s establishment fears Pakistanis (MEM)

Armenia Vs Azerbaijan (Engelsberg)

Oman holds key to Hormuz (Cradle)

Kazakhstan: Dying for oil (New Lines)

Hunt for Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’ (Wired)

The history of Indian watchmaking (Monochrome)

Indian tourists abroad (FP)

42nd Anniversary of Operation Blue Star (KBS Sidhu)

A Middle-Class Upbringing (R Balu)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 29 May, 2026

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)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 22 May, 2026

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)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 15 May, 2026

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)