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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)

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)

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)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Thread: Maharashtra Politics explained (Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3)

The anti-Hindu origins of the Dravidian Movement (J Sai Deepak)

Thread: Why Congress is boycotting the Ayodhya event (Sreevidya B)

News channels are turning into religious channels (The Print)

The unravelling of Xi’s Empire (Open)

The decadent Davos elites (RT)

Pakistan Vs Iran (Reuters)

Pakistan: Without political engineering (The News)

The power struggle between the Al-Assad brothers (Al Majalla)

Rishi Sunak is 9th UK PM to bomb Yemen (Declassified UK)

The military lessons of the Russian-Ukraine War (ORF)

From Hindu Lite to Hindu (NBD)

Thread: The Sankaraman Murder Case (Star Boy Tarun)

Drive: Meghalaya & Arunachal Pradesh (Team BHP)

Book Review: The Education of Cyrus (PSmiths)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Prashant Bhushan & the anti-Hindu Delhi riots (OpIndia)

Dr. S Jaishankar in Russia (RT)

DMK puts Congress in a spot (Deccan Herald)

How Hamas weaponised sexual violence (NY Times)

The battle for the Arctic (Spiked)

Extortion plaguing Karachi Industries (Tribune)

The unraveling of military rule in Myanmar (Arab News)

Another difficult year ahead for Afghanistan (Al Majalla)

Chinese democracy is better than Western democracy (Sinification)

2023: The revenge of history (Engelsberg)

How AI shook the world in 2023 (RoW)

The British coup in British Guiana (Declassified UK)

The Mughal & the Tudor (Open)

Thread: 20 Top Indian Dynasties (Itihasika)

Travelogue: Kruger National Park (Team BHP)