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Weekend Mega Linkfest:July 11,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Twilight of the Pizza Barrons (BusinessWeek)

Who is undermining ONGC? (Caravan)

Sri Lanka:Sinhalas Vs Muslims (Caravan)

Why Mao attacked India in 1962 (IndianDefenceReview)

Top 20 Indian investors share their philosophy (ForbesIndia)

Is Reliance turning the screws on TV18? (Outlook)

The end of Britain? (Open)

How to blow $9 Billion-The fallen Stroh family (Forbes)

What you are missing about Thai food (Smithsonian)

How Germany’s 14 Year plan destroyed Brazil  (Bloomberg)

Why Crossovers conquered the American Highway (Atlantic)

Comic:Ashutosh blasts Arun Jaitley for Union Budget (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Benares, the eternal city (TeamBHP)

Email Alerts Services that you should use (Labnol)

Taking down California’s modern Mafia (LAWeekly)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:04 July,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

What Madhuri Dixit did next (Caravan)

The Backward is the New Brahmin (Open)

The new Saffron Shah (Tehelka)

Tata Motor’s shareholders revolt (FirstBiz)

Movie Review:Ek Villain (VigilIdiot)

Travelogue:A trip to Antartica (Afar)

Inside Brazil’s most infamous brothel (RollingStone)

How New York Real Estate became the new Swiss account (NYMag)

Why Pepsico CEO can’t have it all (Atlantic)

The most dangerous firework:The Sparkler (Slate)

Buying a car battery online (TeamBHP)

India’s Iraq problem (JaswantSingh)

Reactions to Sagarika Ghose quitting CNN-IBN (UnrealTimes)

Why Ness Wadia is a douche bag (Open)

How Analjit Singh’s daughter is building a new address for senior citizens (ForbesIndia)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:June 27,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Are we on course for World War 3? (Reuters)

How Sonia and Rahul went one up on Robert Vadra in real estate caper (Firstpost)

Who else is the beneficiary of CSD liquor? (IndianDefenceReview)

The return of NSE midcap funds (ForbesIndia)

Nayantara Sahgal’s battle with Indira Gandhi (Caravan)

Living the Fitbit life (NewYorker)

The Dubai stock market crashed 25% (BusinessWeek)

Why are we grossed out by women with armpit hair? (NYMag)

The Pope’s Holy War (Medium)

Humshakals-Not a review (GreatBong)

Transcript:What happened when Aamir Khan met Narendra Modi (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Splendid South Africa (TeamBHP)

How to sell digital products online (Labnol)

Should you join the cold pressed juice drinking brigade? (MumbaiBoss)

Guess who is the jerk? (Aeon)

I was sure freezing my eggs would solve everything (BuzzFeed)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: June 20,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Hafeez Contractor:The slumdog millionaire architect (NYTimes)

Luis Suarez: Soccer’s most beautiful player (ESPN)

10 New Indian travel destinations you have not heard of (CondeNast)

Who will be India’s Alibaba- Snapdeal or Flipkart? (Forbes)

Poems:Draupadi Asks (Caravan)

Infosys:The burden of legacy (Open)

Pakistan’s Domestic Jihad (IndianDefenceReview)

Barack Obama and the Three Hundred (NewYorker)

The new map of the Middle East (Atlantic)

When the World Cup is on, stock markets go quiet (Bloomberg)

Disintegration of Iraq had its roots in World War I (Smithsonian)

Arabian Sea takes revenge on Mumbai (MumbaiBoss)

InPictures:How Modi solved Goa MLA Brazil trip controversy (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Exploring Karnataka (TeamBHP)

10 Things you should include in your website (Labnol)

What are some mind blowing facts about Indian Railways? (Quora)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 13 June,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The burden of being Messi (NYTimes)

Why river linking is necessary to save India from disaster (Newslaundry)

Rebooting Mindtree (ForbesIndia)

Why I joined the Sangh and why I left (Caravan)

Prakash Karat:The last General Secretary (Open)

Does Internet Advertising work at all? (Atlantic)

What does a Jihadist state look like? (Slate)

The Legend of Ivory Coast’s Les Elephants (Grantland)

Pele,Garrincha and the two souls of Brazilian soccer (Grantland)

Driving through New Zealand (TeamBHP)

Story behind finding a house for rent in Delhi (Rodinhoods)

God wonders what happens to humans after they die (TheOnion)

What are some of India’s best kept secrets? (Quora)

A brief look at the life and work of Amrita Sher-Gil (MumbaiBoss)

Leaked:Akhilesh Yadav’s Gmail Inbox (UnrealTimes)