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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Mukesh Ambani-An unloved billionaire (Economist)

Disgruntled and Dangerous (Open)

Disillusioned with the rat race (Newslaundry)

Psychological issues at mid career (ForbesIndia)

A Two-Two as Army Chief (IDR)

Ten curious facts about octopuses (Smithsonian)

An interview with Hamas’s Khaled Meshaal (Bloomberg)

Qatar-The dishonest broker (ForeignAffairs)

Libya-The consequences of dreams (NewYorker)

Saharanpur-Heroes and Villains (MediaCrooks)

A South Korean Tycoon’s downfall (NYTimes)

How to cover communal riots in India (UnrealTimes)

What are the hottest startups as of Jan 2014? (Quora)

An ideological history of the Muslim League (Dawn)

Movie Review:A Kick to your brain (Heartranjan)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Burger King is run by children (BusinessWeek)

A desperate town hands over its DNA (PSMag)

How the Israel-Palestine peace deal died (NewRepublic)

An ode to the Bee Gees (ParisReview)

Travelogue:Sana’a ,the capital of Yemen (IdleWords)

Pitbull:Get Rich or Die Shilling (BusinessWeek)

Music,fantasy and colour in V Shantaram’s Navrang (JaiArjun)

Aap Ki Adalat to replace the judicial system (UnrealTimes)

India’s Chinese Dream (ProjectSyndicate)

Travelogue:Mandarmani & Tajpur (TeamBHP)

Israel’s Other War (NewYorker)

What happened to Dinesh D’Souza? (Atlantic)

Why the Japanese are having so few babies (Economist)

Turning Ethiopia into China’s China (BusinessWeek)

Persistence of the Rahul Gandhi Question (Open)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The downing of MH17-A precedent for the  World’s battlefields (Atlantic)

How Russian hackers stole the NASDAQ (BusinessWeek)

Booming until it hurts (RobertShiller)

Fear & Foreboding in South Block (Open)

An Israeli shot in India’s arm (Tehelka)

Taking the taste of Bikaner global (ForbesIndia)

How Actors were transformed into Apes (Smithsonian)

Why do we have blood types? (Mosaic)

The Craigslist Killers (GQ)

If Bollywood Directors had directed the “Dawn of the Apes” (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Conquering the Marsimik La (TeamBHP)

How I write (WilliamDalrymple)

Goodbye Yahoo Chat ! Goodbye Orkut ! (GreatBong)

What is the biggest misconceptions Indians have about India? (Quora)

Jains want Palitana to be declared a vegetarian zone (Outlook)

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)

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)