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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 06 February, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Indo-US Trade deal (Niti Shastra)

Origins of Trump’s Greenland pursuit (Time)

Bahrain on the frontline (Cradle)

Rivalry in the Horn of Africa (Al Majalla)

Why Bangladesh is wary of Jamaat (Strat News)

Balochistan, Pakistan’s bleeding sore (Tribune)

Inferno in Iran (ForPol)

Why Iran is witnessing a gold rush (New Lines)

The Israel-Iran Detente won’t last (RAND)

Epstein was an Israeli asset (MEM)

CM Yogi’s new Avatar (Print)

N Chandra’s legacy (Bloomberg)

An anecdote of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw (Usman)

Japan’s Indian Hero-Radha Binod Pal (CL)

Why the Samurai still matter (Engelsberg)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 30 January, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

For US, India is both ally and adversary (FP)

Where will the NCP go from here? (Sujit Nair)

Cuba has 15 days of oil left (FP)

The US has abandoned Syria’s Kurds (TOI)

From Persia to Iran (Niti Shastra)

South Korea: Happily Unmarried (New Lines)

A Rhodesian Warning for Liberals (ZH)

Be Jensen Huang (Jaynit)

Unemployed folks calling themselves Founders (FP)

By 45, Life has already answered you (Onu Slim)

Thread: 55 Lessons from a 55-year-old (Jil Theo)

How to fix your life in 1 Day (Dan Koe)

A Pune Engineer has mastered Urushi (IE)

How Odissi became popular in Japan (Scroll)

Thread: Food in Lucknow (Kathan)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 16 January, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The $38 Trillion Question (IM1776)

Battle for the Petro Dollar (Niti Shastra)

The fall of ‘rules based’ order (Spiked)

The UN is dead (Al Majalla)

Venezuela is America’s Suez moment (ForPol)

USA Vs Latin America (Engelsberg)

Europe wants to talk to Russia (RT)

Uprising in Iran (MEM)

Schrodinger’s Jihadists (New Lines)

Thread: What contemporaries thought of Marathas (PS)

Ayo Gurkhali (Hill Post)

Makar Sankranti across India (KBS Sidhu)

Satire: Living in Europe is Paradise (MS)

Thread: Cultures of Colombia (HN)

Road Trip: Northeast India (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 09 January, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Somnath Swabhiman Parv (Narendra Modi)

How Sathya Sai Baba became a household name in Venezuela (RNS)

Anatomy of the Global Disorder (Niti Shastra)

The American Blitzkrieg on Venezuela (RT)

The US has gone full Villain (Walrus)

3 Takeaways of US seizure of Russian tanker (Krobyko)

Trump’s plans for Greenland (AP)

Protests intensify in Iran (JPost)

The roots of Iran’s economic crisis (Engelsberg)

Strategic illusions of Pakistan (FP)

Africa must fragment (TOI)

We still live in a Fast Food Nation (Guardian)

Thread: How to negotiate any price down (CT)

What life mistake taught you the hardest lesson? (Reddit)

Train Ride across Canada (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 03 January, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Bangladesh’s descent into Jihad (Organiser)

5 Elections in 2026 (Print)

No political leadership in Punjab (KBS Sidhu)

Islam is incompatible with democracy (Print)

2026 New Year Message (Xi Jinping)

China View: US-India relations (Sinification)

Somaliland: A Detailed Explainer (TOI)

Discontent in Iran (MEM)

Saudi Arabia Vs UAE (FP)

US Security Guarantees to Ukraine (RAND)

France is becoming used to gratuitous violence (Spectator)

An Elegy to Oxford Street (Spiked)

Mahatam Gandhi was a fraud (Sanjay Dixit)

Nelson Mandela was a communist terrorist (AT)

Bhajan Clubbing (ForPol)