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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Jignesh Shah: A Shah Overthrown (Caravan)

How Jayalalithaa still rules Tamil Nadu (Open)

Story Of The Czar And The Commissar (Outlook)

Madhukar Parekh of Pidilite is moving from strength to strength (ForbesIndia)

The art of not working at work (Atlantic)

Selfie:  A cultural obsession (VF)

An economic miracle in East Germany (NewYorker)

How the Word “OK” Was Invented 175 Years Ago (Smithsonian)

India Vs China:The battle for global manufacturing (BusinessWeek)

The real reason why Robert Vadra scuffled with the reporter (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Bali (TeamBHP)

Significance of Shri Guru Nanak Birthday celebrations (Sanskriti)

Subramaniam Swamy rips Arnab Goswamy apart (TimesNow)

The rise of anonymous group suicide in Japan (Atlantic)

The man who got America high (Narratively)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The 3 men who rule India (Open)

Frank Bourassa:The world’s top counterfeiter (GQ)

The horror before the ISIS beheadings (NYTimes)

Travelogue:North Sikkim (TeamBHP)

Movie Review:Happy New Year (VigilIdiot)

Deifying Ravana (Sanskriti)

How much income puts you in the 1%? (Atlantic)

Diary of a mobile entrepreneur (Rajeev Chandrashekhar)

Why Bobby Jindal wants to be white (Tehelka)

Why the existence of Pakistan is not in India’s interest (IDR)

A few author stories (GreatBong)

Iran:The revolution is over (Economist)

Before the startup (Paul Graham)

What are the most interesting startups of 2014 (Quora)

The classic 1902 story:The Monkey’s Paw (Slate)

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

The Dosa Man of New York (Mashable)

George Soros:Wake Up Europe ! (NYReview)

Mumbai:The Capital City (Open)

#HellYeah !The Congress has a hoot of a hit (Outlook)

Are we legally bound to stand during national anthem? (Caravan)

Focus on Zee’s Subhash Chandra misbehaving in Hisar (Newslaundry)

Bandhan Bank:Building ties with the underprivileged (Forbes)

The dangers of sleep deprivation (Atlantic)

In Conversation with Marc Andreessen (NYMag)

For 100,000 $ you can clone your dog (BusinessWeek)

My terrifying night with Afghanistan’s only female warlord (New Republic)

You can look it up:The Wikipedia story (Daily Beast)

My daughter,myself (Aeon)

Travelogue:Of Palaces & Forts-Royal Rajasthan (TeamBHP)

The world’s most beautiful cemeteries (Smithsonian)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Tesla just announced a supercar (Verge)

How a doctor and a SAC trader got involved in a financial scandal (NewYorker)

What ping pong means in America (Deadspin)

Once a star, a cricketer is now in exile (NYTimes)

How George Clooney exacerbated a crisis in South Sudan (Newsweek)

Hindutva’s head of state (Caravan)

Buy experiences not things (Atlantic)

Jonathan Ive shares 3 lessons he learnt from Steve Jobs (VanityFair)

Maruti Ciaz:The official review (TeamBHP)

Comic:How different parties are fighting Maharashtra elections (UnrealTimes)

Movie Review:Bang Bang (VigilIdiot)

Lebanon’s gathering storm (Project Syndicate)

10 URLs every Google user should know (Labnol)

Jayalalitha:The lone empress (Open)

Will the real Shahid Siddiqui stand up? (Newslaundry)

Wishing all readers a very Happy Dassera.

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

The Elon Musk interview about Mars (Aeon)

The American myth about the self made man (Slate)

Who killed Bugsy Siegel, the creator of Las Vegas? (LAMag)

Vassilis Paleokostas: The Uncatchable (BBC)

Facebook Wall:Reactions to Modi’s Clean India Campaign (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue: Driving in the Scottish Highlands (TeamBHP)

Jackfruit is on its way to become a global star (Open)

India’s gherkin exports are booming (Caravan)

L&T: Armed but not commissioned (ForbesIndia)

Beheadings as terror marketing (Atlantic)

The importance of friendship diversity (NYMag)

Narendra Modi frees Gandhi and Shastri from the Congress (FirstPost)

7 Simple Ways to find original ideas (BI)

Cheetahs spend 90% of their days sitting around (Smithsonian)

What turned Warren Buffett into a car guy? (BusinessWeek)