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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 10 January, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Maha Kumbh 2025: Divine Rhapsody (Open)

India must build its own fleet of ships (RT)

Why Taliban are turning against Pakistan (First Post)

Interview with Sergey Lavrov (TASS) (Use Google Translate)

The Biggest Crime in British History (Free Press)

History will not be kind to Biden (Arab News)

Ghosts of the Old Middle East (Engelsberg)

10 conflicts to watch in 2025 (Crisis)

Redefining US-Pakistan relations (Tribune)

Don’t think terrorists are trivial (TOI)

Victor Pelevin, Russia’s most famous novelist (Guardian)

The inside story of peace talks between Tunisia and Israel (JPost)

How Charlie Hebdo exposed the hypocrisy of the elites (Spiked)

Thread: The one habit of longest lived people (Cody Alt)

Travelogue: Japan (Team BHP)

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Mega Linkfest : 03 January, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why they hate Hindus ( Open )

Communal politics of Nehru Gandhi family ( Organiser )

Manmohan Singh: Designated Survivor ( DG )

The H1-B Visa War ( RT )

How IDF beat Syrian air defences ( JPost )

Russia’s Black Sea problems ( Newsweek )

The struggle for Syria ( Al Majalla )

Black Swans in West Asia ( ORF )

President Carter betrayed the Shah of Iran ( TOI )

How the US supported genocide in Southern Africa ( AT )

The era of Taylor Swift ( Engelsberg )

Thread : The vulgarity of Shah Rukh Khan ( Rohit Pathak )

Travelogue: North Bengal ( Team BHP )

NY’s New Year Eve Ball Drop ( BBC Travel )

On Greenland ( IM1776 )

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 27 December, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Middle East: When Chaos is the Strategy (First Post)

India: Its worse than you think (Zero Hedge)

Andhra in the grip of Missionary Machinery (DD)

My rise & fall on Amazon India (Grapevine)

Justin Trudeau & the Woke Apocalypse (TOI)

Energy is Germany’s Achilles heel (RT)

Trump supporters fight over H1B Visas (Newsweek)

US: Celebrating Vigilante Violence (New Lines)

The crumbling pillars of the Iranian regime (JPost)

Lessons from Mao’s Cultural Revolution (Rair)

Thread: The fall & rise of Gucci (Shawn Chauhan)

The cult of the Keffiyeh (Spiked)

Thread: America’s greatest spy (History Nerd)

227 Years of Mirza Ghalib (Scroll)

Thread: 7 Habits to prevent chronic diseases (Samyr)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest : 20 December, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Donald Trump threatens Europe with tariffs ( Newsweek )

Thread : What led to the fall of Assad ( Syria 2024 )

Can Syria’s rebels win the peace? ( Engelsberg )

Is anti-Zionism anti-Semitism ? ( TOI )

The showdown in Yemen ( Al Majalla )

Infighting within Taliban ( Arab News)

Pakistanis turn to smugglers to escape Pakistan ( Dawn )

Britain’s strangest pub chain ( Guardian )

Argentina’s darkest chapter ( Smithsonian )

Thread : How Russia backed Goa Liberation ( Sputnik )

The age of Creative Conservatism ( Open )

Thread : 10 cases where Bollywood has denigrated Hindus ( EI )

Travel: Zhangjiajie, China ( BBC )

Thread : The Kafirs of Kafiristan ( Sanatan Talks )

Book Review : Reentry ( PSmith )

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 06 December, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Thread: Congress-Deep State Connection (BJP)

Maharashtra: Saffron Supremacy (Open)

The RSS strategist of helped craft Maharashtra victory (Op India)

How Russia plans to win in Ukraine (RT)

Syria’s North-Western front erupts (Crisis)

Ethnic violence in Syria (JPost)

The Kurram conflict in Pakistan (Tribune)

The GCC rhetoric on Israel (TOI)

Muhammad is the most popular name in Britain (Rair)

University of Hindutva (Baffler)

Inside Vatican’s saint making process (Guardian)

Slavery in the Pacific Islands (Smithsonian)

Four Species of King Cobra (Scroll)

Thread: The massacre of Hindus & Sikhs in Alibeg (Arya Anviksa)

Drive: Mercedes GLC 300 (Team BHP)