Tag: megalinkfest

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

India asserts global standing (RT)

Canada’s Indira Gandhi assassination parade (ORF)

Vedantic Realpolitik (American Conservative)

The United States Vs Donald Trump (Politico)

How Erdogan held on to power (Dawn)

Why Imran Khan has disappeared from Pakistan’s media (BBC)

Who is looting Yemen’s oil? (Cradle)

Behind the renewed troubles in North Kosovo (Crisis)

When Thatcher met Mandela (Declassified UK)

Why nobody finds the opulent new Parliament vulgar (Mint)

Massacre of Mandayam Iyengars by Tipu Sultan (The Commune)

Chasing Buddhas across Bihar (Lounge)

The 1,700 year legacy of Korean temple cuisine (BBC Travel)

The real story behind ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ (Peepul Tree)

Auto: Maruti Jimny Vs Mahindra Thar (Team BHP)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Iran Vs Taliban (Cradle)

How China vexes the West (American Affairs)

Pakistan’s Macro Economic Catastrophe (ORF)

An Indian Muslim watches the unraveling of Pakistan (Print)

Rishi Sunak’s Seance (American Conservative)

Lee Kuan Yew was wrong (Engelsberg)

Henry Kissinger is a disgusting war criminal (Jacobin)

How did Congress win Karnataka (One India)

The Rahul Yadav Deja Vu (Inc 42)

How the modern corporation was invented in England (Declassified UK)

How a Jain became a preacher of Islam (Organiser)

The real Kerala story (Open)

Thread: The secular myths of the Christian West (Cogito)

Between Solitude and Loneliness (New Yorker)

Thread: Acidity (Shreya Shah)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The War in Ukraine was provoked (Jeffrey Sachs)

2024 isn’t a done deal for Modi (Swarajya)

The inside story of Russia-Iran-India connectivity (Cradle)

South Africa’s Copper gangs (FT)

Afghans built urban Pakistan (Zocalo)

Britain’s forgotten war for rubber (Declassified UK)

Opium’s part in imperial history (Guardian)

How Russia tried to colonise Africa and failed (Al Jazeera)

The rise of the anti-intellectual (Dawn)

The cancellation of classical music (Spiked)

Thread: When harmonium was banned in India (Veejaysai)

The free dogs of India (Aeon)

The remarkable history of bar snacks in India (Mint)

Thread: Travelogue Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Dr AP)

Thread: Konark Temple (Vertigo Warrior)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How a Madurai Tam Brahm became Hezbollah’s accountant (Print)

Why are they afraid of Imran Khan? (Mehr Tarar)

The Qatar-Syria stand off (Cradle)

King Charles: a reactionary ruler (Spiked)

Why Finns joined NATO (Engelsberg)

Erdogan’s Earthquake (Guardian)

Israel tiptoes around multi-front war (RT)

India’s disappearing Chinese community (BBC Travel)

How two friends sparked LA’s sushi obsession (LA Times)

The Future of Feni (Mint)

Modernity is making you sterile (Spectator)

Thread: Westminster Abbey (Cultural Tutor)

King Charles coronation was like a desi event (Moni Mohsin)

Travelogue: Kashmir (Team BHP)

Thread: Mcleod Gunj (Joshi Gargi Goyal)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

IPL: A League of its own (Open)

Thread: Why Manipur is on fire (SS Jha)

Russia’s new vision for taking on the West (Crisis)

Iran regime change via Reza Pahlavi (TOI)

Syria-Turkiye talks depends on water (Cradle)

Its raining IMF in Suriname (Al Jazeera)

The SCO & Indian challenges (ORF)

Thread: The Fourth Laddu (The Liver Doc)

Billionaires shouldn’t exist (Jacobin)

Who are the Anglo-Indians? (Zocalo)

Thread: Hari Singh Nalwa (Sadaa Shree)

Chanakya on when the enemy is stronger (HUYF)

Thread: The incredible story of Touria Chaoui (David Zabinsky)

Drive: Char Dham Yatra (Team BHP)

Thread: Expressions of Love in Arabic (Bayt Al Fann)