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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 18 August, 2023

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Lukashenko on the future of Ukraine (RT)

A Wartime Dispatch from Poland (American Conservative)

India-China tensions on the global stage (ORF)

Pakistan Zindabad to Pakistan Se Zinda Bhag (Dawn)

Pakistan’s uneasiness with Afghanistan (Tribune)

Transnational Crime along the Mekong (Crisis)

The Eurocentric Fallacy (Guardian)

Israel’s land & rail proposal to the Persian Gulf (Cradle)

Biden’s bad Iran deal (TOI)

Muslim victimhood is an unassailable condition (First Post)

The Psychology of Meditation (Naval)

Manipur: The wages of Hate (Open)

Drive: Germany, Austria & Switzerland (Team BHP)

Germany’s Spaghetti Ice Cream (Smithsonian)

Thread: Different kinds of Lakshmi (Zionverse)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 12 August, 2023

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why Indian Air Force attacked Mizoram (Posten)

How Chinese funds media & activists in India (Open)

Beware the Ides of August (Engelsberg)

Russians not welcome in Georgia (Guardian)

France never stopped looting in Africa (Cradle)

‘Regime Change Karen’ Victoria Nuland in Niger (RT)

Ignoring Belarus no longer possible (Arab News)

Jihadists in Cote D’Ivoire (Crisis)

Against Reparations (Spiked)

Beirut, at Sunset (Delacorte Review)

How British Intelligence overthrew Iran’s Democracy (DUK)

Jewish genocide in Budapest (TOI)

Atomic bombings of Japan was based on lies (Jacobin)

The First, Second & Third Anglo Burma Wars ( NAM I, NAM II, NAM III)

Dharmendra: From Garam to Naram (Jai Arjun)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 04 August, 2023

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Who set Nuh on Fire? (Open)

The coup in Niger (RT)

How I escaped China’s mass arrests (Guardian)

China’s dating apps tap into parental anxiety (ROW)

Why Americans left Church (American Conservative)

The new Russian ideology (Engelsberg)

How do you solve a problem like Kabul? (Dawn)

Massive outflow of youth from Nepal (ORF)

Netanyahu & the Muslim world (Arab News)

Power struggles in Egypt (Cradle)

Political Crisis in Thailand (Crisis)

The 1983 anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka (Al Jazeera)

How a Montreal copywriter swindled victims of $200 Million (Walrus)

Kaali: The Street Dog (Jabberwock)

Travelogue: Kollam to Goa (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 28 July, 2023

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

PM Modi’s Guarantee (Narendra Modi)

One Nation, One Civil Law (Open)

Ethnic clashes in Manipur (Crisis Group)

Hunger as deadly as Bullets in Sudan (Arab News)

Pakistan & Iran’s diplomatic turnaround (Cradle)

Assessing Nepal’s deals with China (ORF)

Israel & Lebanon on the verge of War (RT)

Civil War on it’s way in Israel (TOI)

Go, Go Mexico (American Conservative)

On burning religious books (Dawn)

A funeral for Fish & Chips (Guardian)

Jungle Wedding (Outside Online)

The 1798 Egyptian Campaign (NAM)

Drive: Madhya Pradesh (Team BHP)

2023 World’s most liveable cities (BBC Travel)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 21 July, 2023

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Patnaik, Pandian & Odisha Politics (Secretariat)

Manipur: Kukis Vs Meiteis (Swarajya)

Pakistan is sinking into economic unviability (Dawn)

Russian fortifactions present an old problem (Engelsberg)

China’s ‘useful idiots’ in the West (ORF)

My lament for Khartoum (Guardian)

Iran in Latin America (TOI)

Modi in Paris (RT)

Turkiye’s Syria Policy (Crisis)

The far right is on the rise in Europe (Al Jazeera)

New York City has lost the War on Rats (Baffler)

The 1807 Copenhagen Expedition (NAM UK)

Thread: How to win on Wall Street (Ahmed)

Travelogue: Costa Rica (Mint)

Drive: Sikkim (Team BHP)