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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)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How do you make money on the internet (Labnol)

When global warming kills your God (Atlantic)

Time to make in India? (Economist)

How SNL became the most successful comedy show ever (BusinessWeek)

How Marlboro got around India’s restrictions on tobacco advertising (Caravan)

Kashmir:Paradise lost (Tehelka)

Mamata and the Saradha scam (Outlook)

The Garhwali soldier (IDR)

Online grocery stores mushroom across India (ForbesIndia)

The case for knowing everyone’s salaries (Slate)

Five wild ways to get a drink in the desert (Smithsonian)

Walmart’s play for the unbanked (NewYorker)

Driving through Central Europe (TeamBHP)

Travelogue: Chail, Himachal Pradesh (Ghumakkar)

San Simon is racing to spend his fortune before dying (VanityFair)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The rise and rise of Xi Jinping (Economist)

What will the coming elections mean for Kashmir? (Caravan)

Yogi Adityanath and his tricks (Tehelka)

India Inc’s fund finding mission (Forbes India)

Tibet:The real issue (IDR)

Why I hope to die at 75 (Atlantic)

How gangs took over prisons (Atlantic)

China:The world’s biggest polluter (Rolling Stone)

Stay out of religious wars in the Middle East (Reuters)

How to succeed in Silicon Valley without really trying (NewRepublic)

More than half of rape victims in US Military are men (GQ)

How Modi Govt got Ajit Singh to vacate his official residence (Unreal Times)

Travelogue: A China Trip (TeamBHP)

Bad Culture (Great Bong)

What were Warren Buffett’s worst investments? (Quora)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

UPA scams started within 70 days of MMS becoming PM (FirstPost)

Interview with former CAG Vinod Rai (Outlook)

The hunt for Yasin Bhatkal (Open)

Not fighting the ISIS could be worse than fighting it (Atlantic)

The rise and fall of the biggest pot dealer in NYC (NYTimes)

The murky side of Telugu films (Outlook)

Why the Scots want a disunited kingdom (Tehelka)

Jet Airways 180 Degree turn (Forbes India)

Poll position: Maharashtra (Caravan)

Travelogue: Turkey (TeamBHP)

Leaked table of contents of Rajdeep Sardesai’s new book (GreatBong)

Facebook Wall:Fallout of CAG Vinod Rai’s revelations (UnrealTimes)

On Naseeruddin Shah’s autobiography (JaiArjun)

Europe’s big airlines no longer want to fly in Europe (BusinessWeek)

What important things a 20 year old needs to know about money and finance? (Quora)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The rise and fall of Jignesh Shah (Forbes India)

Is Dhoni India’s best ever captain? (ESPN)

The games Ranjit Sinha plays (Open)

The “Beastly” connection between India and Ukraine (Caravan)

Pursuing ISIS to the gates of hell (Atlantic)

50 Best Jokes of Joan Rivers (Vulture)

Why does slavery persist in Mauritania (New Yorker)

30 Unusual things/places  you won’t believe exist in India (ScoopWhoop)

How to get into an Ivy League College-guaranteed (BusinessWeek)

Dispatch from Donetsk-Why not kill them all? (LRB)

Millions of Pakistani children falling prey to pedophilia (Mail)

Spoof:How BJP handled AAP’s accusations (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Amsterdam (TeamBHP)

Manu Sharma spends more time in Dad’s hotel than in jail (FashionScandal)

What is the dumbest thing said by a Bollywood actor/actress in an interview? (Quora)