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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Lawrence Bishnoi is Karma (Guardian)

India-Russia Pact (RT)

China & Pakistan’s Iron Friendship (ORF)

Not Arabs.Not Indians.Just Pakistanis (Dan Qayyum)

Ukrainian Robots captured a Russian position (RAND)

Harsh measures in Egypt (MEM)

Israel’s Unit 8200 (Niti Shastra)

Iraq in the Vise (Crisis)

No mobile phones on Tiger Safaris (BBC Travel)

Thread: Schwa Deletion in Linguistics (Sam Mathad)

The Art of the Tip (R Balu)

3 Ladies who shaped the narrative of smallpox (Scroll)

The White Gopuram of Srirangam (RSC)

Babus & their Pens (Gurdeep Singh Sappal)

Drive: Bhutan (Team BHP)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Psycho Politics of Dhurandhar (For Pol)

The night of Red Terror is over (RT)

The Women’s Reservation Trojan Horse (KBS Sidhu)

America’s double standards on Nuclear Islamism (The Hill)

Pakistan, the untrustworthy broker (TOI)

The unmaking of Kuwaitis (New Lines)

Sayyid Qutb: Godfather of Islamism (Spiked)

Osho debunks nonviolence (Rakesh Simha)

The funniest first date (EZ Rider)

Life of a Japanese Salaryman (Nyan Chuu)

I was ordained a Jenukuruba (R Balu)

The Paradox of the dark-skinned Brahmin (Manu Joseph)

Gold, Taste & Timing (GWC)

Misdeeds of former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao (KR)

How Portugues pushed Goan Hindu widows to Christianity (SM)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The war has not ended (Arab News)

The Iran War Balance Sheet (Jerusalem Post)

Ceasefire is a misstep (TOI)

America has reached the limits of its power (RT)

Pakistan’s balancing act (New Lines)

UAE-Pakistan rift sharpens (Cradle)

America’s Suez Moment (Niti Shastra)

Illusion of peace in Muslim world (MEM)

Nepal’s political reset (ORF)

Regime change in Cuba (Engelsberg)

The Battle for Hungary (Korybko)

Life as a foreign student in UK (Guardian)

Urban Maoism still persists in India (Organizer)

When Iranians were settling in Bombay (Scroll)

Punjabi Princess Sophia Duleep Singh (Smithsonian)

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

The escalation trap in the Persian Gulf (Niti Shastra)

View of Indian Shias on US-Iran war (ForPol)

How Iran war will affect assembly elections (Print)

Seizing the Kharg (Cradle)

Red Sea can’t escape the Iran crisis (RT)

Pakistan in a dilemma (Korybko)

Pakistan’s mirage of mediation (MEM)

Iraqi militias turn on the State (Al Majalla)

The Israel-Hizbollah War (Crisis)

Istanbul’s descent into darkness (Engelsberg)

Dhurandhar-The Mirror (Organiser)

The dystopian world of K-Pop (Spiked)

A new auction record for Indian Art (Open)

A History of Momo (Smithsonian)

Endo dreams of Sushi (Guardian)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Brand Age of Swiss Watches (Paul Graham)

Gulf crisis could trigger more reforms in India (FF)

China’s Technology Long Game (High Capacity)

Interview with Singapore Foreign Minister (Reuters)

The Pakistan Q in the Iran war (ForPol)

Dubai is a city built on sand (Spectator)

Afghanistan-Pakistan war escalates (Crisis)

The relentless war on Iraq (MEM)

Drones, Denial & the Northeast (FP)

Kashmir supports Iran (New Lines)

US public opinion is against Israel (Al Majalla)

Interview with late Mathematician Purnaprajna Bangere (Bhavana)

Philosophy: The Mass Man (FF)

Best countries for solo women travellers (BBC Travel)

Thread: Murder of Abu Fazl (PC)