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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)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The evolution of Ganesha to one of India’s most popular Gods (Open)

Do not buy oceanfront property (Slate)

The fall of Varun Gandhi (Outlook)

A reluctant beach bum’s guide to Maldives (TeamBHP)

Toppling the tipple in Kerala (Newslaundry)

The monk who runs a business (ForbesIndia)

Obituary:Simin Behbahani, the Lioness of Iran (Economist)

Photos:The world’s biggest food fight  (Smithsonian)

Ransomware:Your money or your files (BusinessWeek)

Russia’s slow motion invasion of Ukraine (Atlantic)

Employees who work from home are more productive than office dwellers (Forbes)

Buffett followed this one rule in Burger King deal (MarketWatch)

Spoof:If Ravi Shastri were to direct Batman (UnrealTimes)

Ice Bucket Challenge in Bollywood movies (GreatBong)

Branding Guyana (Nowhere)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Did IRB Chairman Mhaiskar get Satish Shetty killed? (Moneylife)

How N Srinivasan became cricket’s biggest hitter (Caravan)

Amit Shah:The Shah Commission (Open)

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir-The Future Trajectory (IDR)

DNA Newspaper shutters down (Newslaundry)

Love Jihad-An Indian love story (Open)

Why no Democrat wants to run against Hillary (Atlantic)

How is Zippo having its best years ever? (Forbes)

The men who killed James Foley (NewYorker)

The 10,000 hour rule is not real (Smithsonian)

Narendra Modi-Stern Headmaster (Economist)

The Hedge Fund and the Despot (BusinessWeek)

Bill Cosby’s untold story (HollywoodReporter)

Last Tango in Kabul (RollingStone)

Pablo Escobar’s private prison (DailyBeast)

The Economics of Pricelessness (RibbonFarm)