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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 14 November, 2024

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

Trump: America’s Revolutionary (Open)

How Polymarket predicted Trump (Newsweek)

Trump 2.0 & India (AP)

Trump 2.0 & the Middle East (National Interest)

Trump 2.0 & China (Al Majalla)

Profile: Melania Trump (IM1776)

India is the new darling of the West (Friday Times)

Yogi Adityanath: Batogey to Katogey (Organiser)

The Gladiator syndrome in Politics (Goa Chronicle)

Did Hamas accidentally save the world? (TOI)

Left is silent on attacks on Jews (Telegraph)

Chinese Scholars: 2 Generations, 2 Views (Gen-Z Glimpse)

Saving the Leningrad Seed Bank (Guardian)

The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb (Jerusalem Post)

How the Sassoons of Bombay built a fortune in China (Scroll)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 08 November, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Donald Trump’s Victory Speech (Newsweek)

Mourning for Left in America (Front Page)

The lights go out in Cuba (National Interest)

Khalistan 2.0 (Organiser)

Trudeau’s embrace of Khalistani extremists (Korybko)

Iraq could get dragged in Middle East Conflict (Al Majalla)

Israel on the way to a magnificient defeat (TOI)

Amsterdam Pogrom against Jews (JPost)

Why America stopped winning wars (Tablet)

When Edo became Tokyo (Engelsberg)

A Peated Debate (New Lines)

The final flight of the Airline Magazine (CJR)

How the Berlin Wall became a trail (Smithsonian)

A Bombay restaurant menu from 1935 (Scroll)

Thread: Kolkata, the dirtiest city of India (DS Balaji)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 01 November, 2024

Some offbeat reads for the weekend:

Lawrence Bishnoi: The new Don (Open)

On India-China disengagement (ORF)

Desis may prove critical in US elections (New Lines)

A clear message to Iran (TOI)

Morocco’s $320 Billion drug industry (Al Majalla)

Bombing Hezbollah’s drug empire (JPost)

Shitpost map of Poland triggers outrage (Korybko)

BRICS post-Kazan (Cradle)

Late Muammar Gaddafi is becoming more popular in Libya (RT)

The US origin myth (Engelsberg)

The motivation behind 9/11 Terrorists (Rair Foundation)

Sardar Patel & the RSS (Organiser)

8 Spooky celebrations from around the world (Smithsonian)

The curious appeal of haunted hotels (BBC Travel)

Drive: Tamil Nadu (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 25 October, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why is Canada targeting Amit Shah & Ajit Doval? (HT)

How Canada shields dangerous extremists (RT)

The end of Bangladesh’s secular identity (Open)

Time of greatest peril in Gaza (Crisis)

The beatification of Prigozhin (Engelsberg)

Berlin’s new focus on India (ORF)

The anti-Hindu New York Times (Organiser)

Kamala’s inane talking points (Front Page)

Japan’s hidden clutter culture (Aeon)

The rise of political Islam in Belgium (RAIR)

Why hasn’t Israel attacked Iran yet (Al Majalla)

The narcissism of the digital world (Spiked)

Profile: Sita Ram Goel (Open)

A Jewish actor in Nazi Germany (Smithsonian)

Travelogue: Kamikochi, Japan (BBC Travel)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 11 October, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Elon Musk’s robotaxi is finally here (Verge)

Setbacks for Congress in Haryana and J&K (Tribune)

Casteism in Indian Muslim Society (Organiser)

Maldives’ diplomatic reset with India (First Post)

Advantage Saudi Arabia (TOI)

The Middle East after October 7 (Engelsberg)

Turkey is rattled by Israel (Al Majalla)

China’s submarine accident in Wuhan (ORF)

Flop Show: Dr Zakir Naik’s visit to Pakistan (Friday Times)

Kamala Harris is playing ‘Pretend President’ (Front Page)

Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan (National Interest)

How Islam erased Christianity in the Middle East (Rair)

Photos: Chinland, Myanmar (Crisis)

Travelogue: Cordelia Sea Cruise (Team BHP)

8 extra-ordinary small Hotel rooms (BBC Travel)