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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 14 August, 2025

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

The mirage of Pakistan’s US Trade deal (ORF)

Trump-Putin summit wont bring an Ukraine deal (NI)

Why India defied US pressure to dump Russia (Korybko)

India should stay the course of strategic autonomy (FP)

India rejects Hague ruling on Indus Water Treaty (Organiser)

PoK Vs Pakistan (MC)

The US-Israeli plot to partition Syria (Cradle)

Nigeria: The President who died twice (New Lines)

Russia’s use of Crypto schemes (RAND)

Swastika over Naples (TOI)

The moral compass of Middle Class Indians (Scroll)

BJP Vs BJP battle in Constitution Club (Print)

Japan under Pax Americana (Engelsberg)

Sholay: A 50th Anniversary Tribute (Jai Arjun)

Travelogue: Argentina’s Patagonia Azul (BBC Travel)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 08 August, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Malegaon Blasts: Death of a Lie (Open)

China-India Rapprochement (ORF)

India’s Middle East Tight-Rope Walk (NI)

UK’s dodgy deals with Saudi Arabia (Guardian)

50th Anniversary of Helsinki Accords (RT)

In Italy, Punjabi farm workers are expendable (Jacobin)

London: A City of Strangers (Spiked)

China’s Black Sea play (RAND)

The Druze of Suwayda (GC)

Europe is turning into Lebanon (Dan Burmawi)

The cultural significance of Umbrellas in Japan (BBC Travel)

Why Indians were discouraged from migrating to Cuba (Scroll)

Swami Vivekananda’s best friend (DNA)

Travelogue: Uganda (Raku)

7 Frozen Desserts from around the World (Smithsonian)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 01 August, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The RSS Century (Open)

Inside story of VP Dhankar’s resignation (Print)

Trump wants to derail India’s rise (Korybko)

From EU to Eunuch (RT)

Reject the moral blackmail of Marxist-Jihadi axis (TH)

Not safe to be openly Jewish in Europe (TOI)

Saudis Vs Houthis (JPost)

What the Houthis really want (Engelsberg)

Belgium’s broken prisons (New Lines)

Confessions of Canada’s secret poor (Macleans)

Thread: Mujib’s 1974 Lahore Visit (Paperclip)

Letter from PM Indira Gandhi to President Nixon (State)

Thread: Finland & Nazi Germany (Rina Luru)

Travelogue: Iceland (BBC Travel)

Sport: Pok-ta-Pok (Smithsonian)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 25 July, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The exit of Jagdeep Dhankar (Open)

Chandrababu Naidu, the Dreamer (Print)

Thailand’s war on Cambodia (Korybko)

The US & South Caucasus (RT)

Where Giorgia Meloni is leading Europe (Time)

How Qatar became the global capital of Diplomacy (Guardian)

Jordan is in the firing line (Cradle)

The child brides of Iraq (New Lines)

Where is Russia’s place in the world? (Engelsberg)

Why a ordinary Muslim turns Jihadist (Dan Burmawi)

Ramkrishna Dalmia’s business building spree (Scroll)

The fabled pigment Indian Yellow (Meena NS)

Book Review: Leap of Faith (PSmiths)

Travelogue: Char Dham Yatra (Team BHP)

Thread: Why isn’t China mentioned in the Mahabharata (Sumita)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest : 18 July, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend :

Amit Shah’s retirement plan ( Print )

The property case of Saif Ali Khan Pataudi ( Open )

Israel’s strike on Syria ( JPost )

Did South Africa know about Oct 7 in advance? ( TOI )

The G7 horror show with Macron ( Guardian)

Ukraine’s lost children ( Time )

Turks & Kurds conflict nearing an end ( Al Majalla)

India’s war on the Mughal Empire ( Engelsberg)

Malaysia’s Mahathir turns 100 ( Arab News )

Why Memento Mori is the ultimate life hack ( BT )

Thread : Subramanya Siva ( Sadaashree)

Rumi, a racist Jihadi bigot ( SN )

Thread : Guide to Intermittent fasting ( Dr Sayaji Rao )

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach ( BBC Travel)

The same damned thing over and over ( PR )