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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 30 October, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Rahul Gandhi’s Muslim Mousetrap (Open)

Global demand for skilled Indians (FP)

Israel in a stalemate (JPost)

Violent crackdown in NW Pakistan (Drop Site)

Makkah Pact’s efforts to pause the Iran War (Arab News)

War with Iran likely (Al Majalla)

America’s least bad option in Iran (RAND)

France’s long history of revolt (Engelsberg)

Bhutto’s Mentor (Dawn)

Thread: The Sindhu-Saraswati civilization (Amish Tripathi)

Thread: Brunei , one country two pieces (IC)

Drive: Spiti in a Thar (Team BHP)

Thread: How to avoid Rabies (Dr AK)

Thread: 10 Foods to lose weight (Jonah Hills)

The Old Man (Chekov)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 23 October, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Jared Kushner’s secret deals (Vanity Fair)

The many failures of Larry David (Colossus)

The war Tehran believes is coming (Drop Site)

What is the US doing in Venezuela? (Atlantic)

Zelenskyy’s shift (GC)

Why Indonesia joined the Badr Pact (MEM)

The behaviour of a Muslim population (Imtiaz Mahmood)

Unmasking the Red-Green alliance (Niti Shastra)

The charge of Urban Naxalism (Organiser)

The Koodathayi cyanide murders (Sportified)

The Hindu massacre in Kali Badi (RM)

Nana Moutou & Guillaume Le Gentil (Parimal)

Inside the world of dark nutrition (NY Times)

Traffic chaos in Manali (Hillpost)

Charlie Chaplin was a pervert (VV)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 16 October, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Amit Shah wields the Shield (Open)

The Houthi model should worry India (FP)

Thread: US Ambassador Sergio Gor (Observer)

China’s Growth Machines (WIP)

Israel’s new Security Doctrine (INSS)

British Monarchy faces legal challenges (RT)

Trump Vs Zelensky (Al Majalla)

How Phil Ruffin built his real estate empire (TNI)

Jerry Seinfeld is no longer welcome (TOI)

Travel to Istanbul for hair transplants (Walrus)

Why Data Centers have become military targets (Time)

Let Muslims of India declare themselves (Gen Cariappa)

How to catch a liar (Science Focus)

Travel: Zanskar Valley (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 01 October, 2026

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

Time for India to call US bully’s bluff (The Week)

Modi-Doval Doctrine Vs General Beg Doctrine (India Today)

Plan was to blame the Indian pilot (Aravind)

US troops leave Iraq & Syria (Al Majalla)

Desperate Trump’s empty threats (New Lines)

Hegemonic Logic of US (Mattias Forsgren)

Europe prepares for War (GE)

Never underestimate the Houthis (RAND)

The challenge of Islam to British Society (Spiked)

China’s ancient golden age (Guardian)

The Billionaires are winning (Walrus)

RSS Sangh work is simple, not easy (Organiser)

British monarchy built its fortune on slavery (RT)

Buying land in Himachal Pradesh (Hill Post)

Biggest myths about cholesterol (BBC)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 18 September, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The West has engineered its own downfall (Kishore Mahbubani)

Canada’s future lies with Europe (Mark Carney)

Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy (New Yorker)

The long night of Bengal’s Hindus (FP)

Left Vs Ganesh Utsav (Organiser)

Zelensky’s strategy is national suicide (Spectator)

India in the Russian Arctic (RT)

The Partition of Yemen (Korybko)

Pakistan & Saudi Arabia (KBS Sidhu)

The Hindu origins of Bhuttos (DD)

Maulana Azad and the Ummah (AR)

Buddhists didn’t resist Islamic invasion of India (SV)

Hussan-E-Hind Mela in Afghanistan (CM)

How to shop for perfume in Paris (BBC)

Photos: India (Smithsonian)