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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Emerge,splurge,purge (Economist)

Stirrings of a Right revolution (Swapan Dasgupta)

The Adani-Modi graph (Outlook)

IL&FS’s Archana Hingorani is upbeat (Forbes)

Jordan:The war next door (Caravan)

When Catherine the Great invaded Crimea (Smithsonian)

This photographer made $15,000 in one day on Instagram (Forbes)

The Indian Sanitary Pad Revolutionary (BBC)

In Pictures:The Kejriwal arrest drama (UnrealTimes)

How much money can you make off YouTube (Labnol)

Deconstructing Modi (GreatBong)

Travelogue: Winter Trip to Spiti (TeamBHP)

Deal Me Out (Baffler)

Behind the 100 Billion $ Commodity Empire that few know (Bloomberg)

How 150-200 tonnes of gold is smuggled into India annually (ET)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Seduced and abandoned (VanityFair)

The Doctor and the Saint (ArundhatiRoy)

Riyaz Amlani and his Economics of Fine Dining (Forbes)

Naveen Patnaik keeps the national parties guessing (Caravan)

A bit of Caste (Outlook)

The Guru Delusion (Open)

The blood harvest (Atlantic)

A WhatsApp rival goes beyond messaging (NewYorker)

Can this device make dogs talk like humans? (Smithsonian)

India,the best customer for America’s Defense Industry (Bloomberg)

Fascism,Russia and Ukraine (NYBooks)

The Ivory Highway (MensJournal)

Travelogue:The Andamans (TeamBHP)

After DMK,BJP explores alliance with Congress (UnrealTimes)

In Pictures:Sushma Swaraj doing things (UnrealTimes)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

An open letter to Arvind Kejriwal (FirstBiz)

The rags to riches story of Whats App (Forbes)

Facebook acquires Rajiv Shukla for $100 Billion (UnrealTimes)

How Modi survived the conspiracy to frame him (Open)

Restoring dignity to the teaching profession in India (AshishDhawan)

The Jumbo in the ring (Outlook)

Why farmers will vote for Modi (Newslaundry)

GSK Pharma’s Billion Dollar Buyback (ForbesIndia)

Your dog can make out if you are happy or sad (Smithsonian)

Facebook’s Acquisition Engine (Slate)

The Trial of Pervez Musharraf (NewYorker)

Why young bankers are so miserable (Atlantic)

Movie Review:Gunday (VigilIdiot)

Are you a business card CEO? (Rodinhoods)

India’s Disrupted Democracy (ShashiTharoor)

Travelogue:The gorgeous Athirappilly Falls (TeamBHP)

The Facebook comment that ruined a life (DallasObserver)

This Old Man-Life in the Nineties (NewYorker)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Instagram is shaping up to be the world’s most powerful selling tool (Forbes)

Housing.Com:Born out of its Founder’s House Hunt (ForbesIndia)

Anything you can do,Icahn can do better (Economist)

150 Years ago,Sochi was the site of horrific ethnic cleansing (Smithsonian)

Parsis face a burning  question (Open)

The Code has been Modified (Outlook)

Does Christie’s Auction reflect market reality (Caravan)

Slide Show:Valentine Day’s Cartoons (NewYorker)

Queen orders Kate Middleton to cover her knees (NYMag)

The first lesson of Marriage 101 (Atlantic)

Warren Buffett is laughing at you for selling (MarketWatch)

Spoof:Arvind Kejriwal demands Jan LovePal Bill (UnrealTimes)

Saudi Arabia:The last of the Sudeiri Seven (ProjectSyndicate)

Travelogue:Rann of Kutch (Ghumakkar)

Movie Review:Heartless (VigilIdiot)

Dearth of a good 15 Lakh SUV (TeamBHP)

Why are so many Indian farmers killing themselves (ModernFarmer)

You can explain eBay’s 50 Billion $ turnaround with this crazy story (BI)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Taliban takes military dog hostage (Slate)

Swami Aseemanand’s radical service to the Sangh (Caravan)

Aadhar:Game Changer or Hype (Open)

The making of an IITian author (Tehelka)

Skirting the issue (Newslaundry)

The Dell Story:The Nastiest Tech buyout ever (ForbesIndia)

The rise and fall of orange juice (Atlantic)

Will your kid be a financial disaster? (MarketWatch)

Will Technology ruin us? (NewYorker)

What angers Swiss people (Smithsonian)

Bilawal Bhutto:The Renaissance Man (Economist)

The loneliness of Vladimir Putin (NewRepublic)

Travelogue:A week in Rajasthan (TeamBHP)

How fragile are emerging markets? (KennethRogoff)

RaGa’s Viva (GreatBong)