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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Disney got investors for Disneyland (Smithsonian)

A matter of Modi ministry (Open)

Article 370:The untold story (IndianDefenceReview)

J&K Bank shares hit by rumours of NPAs of 2500 Crores (Moneylife)

The dream time of the world cup (Roads&Kingdoms)

Travelogue:A Scorpio to Himachal (TeamBHP)

Status symbols in Pakistan (Dawn)

Why its so hard for men to see misogyny (Slate)

Dads who do dishes raise ambitious daughters (NYMag)

Europe’s Ukrainian life line (GeorgeSoros)

How to become a Crorepati with normal income (NDTV)

Vaastu Shastra- Tips (IREF)

Laundry wars of Silicon Valley (NYMag)

Mumbai locals start crime fighting trend (MumbaiMirror)

Hedge fund investors are not as dumb as they look (Bloomberg)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

New Delhi’s Holy Trinity (Open)

In pictures:The Congress Gallery (GreatBong)

India is awake but Modiphobia continues (NitiCentral)

How a group of home buyers in Gurgaon tamed DLF (Caravan)

Stupid guy goes back to India (JaiArjun)

Travelogue:Mystical North Sikkim (TeamBHP)

The dogs of war (NationalGeographic)

The bike helmet law that triggered an insurgency in Nigeria (Atlantic)

Amazon’s wholesale slaughter (Forbes)

The trouble with IBM (BusinessWeek)

Murder in the name of Islam (Dawn)

Thailand’s coup:The path to the throne (Economist)

Narendra Modi:India’s strongman (Economist)

Movie Review:The Xpose (VigilIdiot)

In pictures:Yogendra Yadav sleeping (UnrealTimes)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Modi brings India’s Opposition to power.Now what? (BusinessWeek)

India’s Shinzo Abe (ProjectSyndicate)

Good Bye and Good Riddance, Dr.Singh (GreatBong)

Grinning at the Congress’ funeral (FirstPost)

What the death of homepages means for the future of news (Atlantic)

Facebook Wall:Initial reactions to Modi win (UnrealTimes)

Movie Review:Hawa Hawaii (JaiArjun)

We are drinking whiskey faster than distillers can make (Smithsonian)

Modi targets news traders (GossipGuru)

Taking the taxi across the Saudi desert (NewStatesman)

The Unmothered:Losing your mom (NewYorker)

How Thailand’s most notorious prison became a fight club (MensJournal)

President of Uruguay is the President of Chill (Vice)

Travelogue:Kaziranga National Park,Assam (TeamBHP)

Food:What exactly is a Roti Concept Cafe? (MumbaiBoss)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Africa’s bloodiest fight (NewRepublic)

RSS 3.0 (Caravan)

The light of Benares (Open)

There is a hole in the pocket dear Rahul (Outlook)

The curious case of Reliance Industries’ share price (Kafila)

Pandits rally for their valley (Tehelka)

The $13 Billion Angels (BusinessWeek)

Boko Haram:Sons of Anarchy (GQ)

What will Dr.Manmohan Singh do after May 16? (UnrealTimes)

Weekend Trips:NorthEast (TeamBHP)

Fascism is coming (GreatBong)

8 Buildings that will ruin Mumbai’s skyline (MumbaiBoss)

Do kids make parents happy after all? (Atlantic)

Anthropologists are afraid to ask about farting (Smithsonian)

What are some things Indians do just for the sake of it? (Quora)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

No Indians Please:Singapore’s Rental Discrimination (BBC)

Arvind Kejriwal:The Runaway Messiah (AatishTaseer)

Nita Ambani’s Rs.4 Million Sari (FashionScandal)

Thanksgiving in Mongolia  (NewYorker)

How to lose $100 Million (Politico)

How the world’s most notorious drug lord was captured (NewYorker)

Travelogue:Koh Lanta,Thailand (TeamBHP)

The Quixotic EC (MediaCrooks)

The most awesome candidates of elections 2014 (GreatBong)

Nigeria’s stolen girls (NewYorker)

A Eulogy for Twitter (Atlantic)

Jet Airways:In a tailspin (ForbesIndia)

Sick of Mumbai’s restaurant scene (MumbaiBoss)

Warren Buffett lost $132 Million on derivatives (BI)

Modi and Muslims (SwapanDasgupta)