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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Prannoy Roy:The last Mogul (Newslaundry)

Goodbye Miami (RollingStone)

Booz Allen, the world’s most profitable organisation (BusinessWeek)

The price of loyalty in Syria (NYTimes)

In Pictures:Marriage and Divorce of Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi (UnrealTimes)

Walk in Bannerghatta National Park (TeamBHP)

Afghanistan’s unavoidable partition (ProjectSyndicate)

Mumbai’s endangered restaurants (MumbaiBoss)

Inside the world of Black Ops Online Reputation Management (NYMag)

Something fishy happening at Laffans Petrochemicals? (Moneylife)

Hindi cinema still dominates India’s film culture (Caravan)

Manwatching Mr.Modi (OutlookIndia)

Dilli Door Ast (Open)

Photos:Chaos in Brazil (NewYorker)

The coming Arctic boom (ForeignAffairs)

Why the tomato was feared in Europe for more than 200 years (Smithsonian)

Why Swami Vivekananda’s speech was the greatest ever (MarkTully)

Photos:Luxury Tree Houses (VanityFair)

How to address the masturbating child (Atlantic)

Can Iran be stopped? (Economist)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

A Nehruvian in China (Caravan)

Rajdeep Sardesai’s doodles (Newslaundry)

Banks Vs Depositors (Moneylife)

Downfall of BJP’s grand old man (Economist)

Obituary: Storm chaser Tim Samaras (Economist)

Marc Toberoff, Superman’s lawyer (BusinessWeek)

10 more things we have learned about Dads (Smithsonian)

Memoirs:The night it all went wrong (NewYorker)

Children in the Syrian war (Atlantic)

Safe driving in the rains (TeamBHP)

Amazon affiliate program goes live in India (Labnol)

The trouble within Islam (TonyBlair)

IIM-A offers new course in resignation management (UnrealTimes)

On Habib Tanveer,Shyam Benegal and a truthful thief (JaiArjun)

The unraveling of Bo Xilai (Harpers)

Are coders worth it? (Aeon)

Maoists in the forest -Summer 2008 (VQR)

The truth about Osho Rajneesh’s ashram in Oregon (Oregonlive)

Saurashtra road trip in a Nano (TeamBHP)

Hunting season hits a bump (Mediacrooks)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

What to do during primate visiting hours (Open)

A white knight on a dark horse (Tehelka)

How Hindutva lost coastal Karnataka (Caravan)

Kissa IPL contract ka (Newslaundry)

I was being called a broker when I was the innovator (ForbesIndia)

The time to trust Pakistan is long gone (IDR)

Can Starbucks do for the croissant what it did for the coffee (Smithsonian)

Addicted to internet pornography? (Atlantic)

Carl Icahn:What I do is good for America (Forbes)

Erdogan:Democrat or Sultan? (Economist)

The Cyber war between the US and Iran (VanityFair)

When the beautiful game turns ugly (ESPN)

A Yale Professor as a murder suspect (NYTimes)

Facebook wall of Nitish Kumar (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Corbett-Kumaon-Nainital (TeamBHP)

The pros and cons of being Dharmendra (Jabberwock)

No Claim bonus:How to save on your insurance premiums (TeamBHP)

Maxed out on Everest  (NationalGeographic)

The hypocrisy of Narendra Modi’s detractors (Firstpost)

Movie Review:Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani (VigilIdiot)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Sreesanth:From an angry bird to rotten egg (Tehelka)

Inside Man:Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati (Caravan)

Karl Slym has a fix for ailing Tata Motors (ForbesIndia)

Retail investors of Richa Industies are getting a raw deal (Moneylife)

No questions please (Newslaundry)

BJP:God’s gift to Congress (Open)

When Heineken bottles were square (Smithsonian)

Obituary:Geza Vermes (Economist)

Israel’s man in Damascus (ForeignAffairs)

Is Wal-Mart in trouble? (Slate)

A new way to pay for dream vacations (MarketWatch)

Profile:Sheryl Sandberg (MichaelLewis)

The scientific 7 minute workout (NYTimes)

Notes on Bombay Talkies (Jabberwock)

How a conman caused Google to pay $ 500 Million (Wired)

The Cyprus Depositor Haircut (LRB)

In Pictures:Advani quits the BJP (UnrealTimes)

Photologue:First Time to China (TeamBHP)

Travelogue:The Jewel of Kumaon (Ghumakkar)

Email Marketing:How to make $100000 (RodinHoods)

Some interesting off beat reads for this long weekend:

Spoof:Sagarika Ghose goes back in time to live tweet (UnrealTimes)

Mumbai to Goa in an inflatable kayak (TeamBHP)

Is giving the secret to getting ahead? (NYTimes)

European soccer’s master of match fixing (Businessweek)

Movie Review:Django Unchained (JaiArjun)

Moview Review:Rangrezz (VigilIdiot)

Should bribe givers be let off? (IdeasForIndia)

Is Cohen buying off the US govt? (NewYorker)

Canal’s edge: Panama (VanityFair)

What are the BRICs building? (Slate)

The real reason Putin supports Assad (ForeignAffairs)

Photos of Holi,festival of colors (Smithsonian)

India should know its own strength (Economist)

Forget Facebook, American investors like real estate (MarketWatch)

How Samsung became the world’s number one smartphone maker (Businessweek)

Who really broke the UPA? (Tehelka)

Ravi Jaipuria:India’s bottler billionaire (ForbesIndia)

Narendra Modi:Riding his Lucknow (Outlook)

Waiting forever to break free (Open)

Car offers:The devil in the details (Moneylife)