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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 02 March, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Mahadev betting app scam (Open)

Amrit Railway Stations (Organiser)

Importing Violence in Europe (Rair Foundation)

Who is Portugal for? (Palladium)

Chinese anxiety over ‘Peak China’ (ORF)

Fears mount over Al Aqsa tensions (Al Majalla)

The post Gaza war opportunity (TOI)

Two shores, One sea (Baffler)

Secrets of the Conservative money machine (Guardian)

Sadiq Khan is tearing London apart (Spiked)

Imran Khan’s resurrection (Dawn)

Pakistani Americans (Tribune)

Riders in the smog (ROW)

Pura Vida: Costa Rica’s national saying (BBC Travel)

Humour: A guide to traffic in India (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 23 February, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How BJP is using the Saral app (ROW)

How BJP is a ‘washing machine’ (Wire)

Dr Jaishankar at the Raisina Dialogue (Print)

Anti-Pak protests in PoK (Organiser)

The last days of Julian Assange in Britain (Declassified UK)

Will Iran enter a regional war? (Cradle)

US-Iran proxy wars in the Middle East (Arab News)

When Hamas hit US suburbia (TOI)

Why Putin is no rush to end the Ukraine war (Al Majalla)

Kurds causing unrest in Japan (Rair Foundation)

The future of the Quad (ORF)

Plov: Uzbekistan’s rice dish (BBC Travel)

Drive: Ranthambore (Team BHP)

15 Cases where Devdutt Pattanaik was exposed (The Flain)

Obituary: Fali S Nariman (Open)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 16 February, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Pakistan Elections: The Foundational Error (Open)

Imran Khan’s truimph (Cradle)

A Hezbollah-Israel war has never been closer (Al Majalla)

The fall & rise of Marwan Barghouti (Engelsberg)

Netanyahu: The Scorpion (TOI)

A Kamala Harris Presidency (RT)

Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Durrand Line (Tribune)

Will the Taliban’s opium ban last? (Zocalo)

Muslim identity politics in UK (Spiked)

The story of Las Vegas (Smithsonian)

Thread: Reason of Indian belly fat (Shree History)

Review: Medieval Chinese warfare (PSmith)

The 600 year old Greek bakery (BBC Travel)

Drive: Spiti (Team BHP)

Travel: Northern Lights in Finland (Mint)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 09 February, 2024

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Vladimir Putin Interview (Tucker Carlson)

Pakistani social media on elections (Tribune)

Iran’s militant empire in the Middle East (Al Majalla)

Qatar’s hand in fueling anti Semitism (TOI)

Indian Navy in the Red Sea (ORF)

Unrest in Leicester (Guardian)

Eric Zemmour exposing the Islamisation of London (Rair Foundation)

Words that kill (RT)

The Colonial genocide in Nambibia (Jacobin)

L K Advani, Bharat Ratna (Open)

Thread: The Jungle Raj of Lalu Prasad Yadav (Story Teller)

Thread: Madan Lal Pahwa (Arya Anviksa)

Road Trip: Sri Lanka (Team BHP)

Thread: The moon of Venus (Latif Nasser)

Review: Invitation to a Banquet (PSmith)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 26 January, 2024

Wishing readers on the occasion of Republic Day.

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

God’s Politician (Open)

Hindu Persecution in Bangladesh (Op India)

The Shadowy Business of Canada Education (Walrus)

Ukraine Fatigue (Guardian)

Germany is now a cautionary tale (Spiked)

Tensions rise in the Korean Peninsula (RT)

Israel-Egypt tensions rise (Arab News)

Pakistan: Hemmed In (TNIE)

A Cold War with Chinese characteristics (Engelsberg)

War on Crime in Equador (Crisis)

The changing face of Ethiopia (ORF)

Thread: Hagia Sofia and the Lies (Amit Schandillia)

Review: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire (PSmiths)

Thread: A Shiva Miracle (Sreevidya Balasubrahmaniam)

The power of an afternoon nap (Mint)