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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Islamic migrants create havoc in Germany (Rair Foundation)

Pakistanis are in deep despair (Dawn)

Interview of S Jainshankar in Austria (You Tube)

Thread: On Shah Rukh Khan (Ashwini Shrivastava)

The end of Indonesia as we know it (Open)

No one will miss Nancy Pelosi (RT)

Racism at Australian Cricket Venues (The Age)

Thread: Patel Motel Cartel (Nathan Barry)

Scammers on Amazon Pakistan (ROW)

The power & peril of the ICU (Baffler)

Thread: How ancient Indians used to insult (Vedic Wisdom)

India’s spiritual city that ‘sings’ (BBC Travel)

Thread: How David Beckham earned $500 Million (Joe Pompliano)

Upcoming new Indian car launches in 2023 (Team BHP)

Thread: The art of Caravaggio (Cultural Tutor)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Sorry Kamala. Nobody thinks you are a strong leader (NY Post)

Ron DeSantis, Man of the Moment in America (Spiked)

Historic tipping point in EU-China relations (Arab News)

How China learned to love the Bomb (Engelsberg)

The History behind Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Smithsonian)

The 1968 expulsion of Jews from Poland (TOI)

Thread: The Book Market of Baghdad (Bayt Al Fann)

On India-Pak cultural ties (Fifty Two)

When Jamaican Slaves rebelled on Christmas Day (Jacobin)

Invictus in an Albanian Jail (Baffler)

History: Becoming Jinnah (Dawn)

Thread: Churchill didn’t cause the Bengal Famine (Andreas Koureas)

The Seven Women of Mohenjadaro (LHI)

Thread : 12 Days of Christmas (Cultural Tutor)

Obituary: Pele (Open)

Some off beats for the weekend:

The World has a Ball (M J Akbar)

Adani’s Coal Mine ate an Indian village (Guardian)

The Islamization of Great Britain (Rair Foundation)

The failed German coup (American Conservative)

Taliban & Liberalism (Dawn)

France, Football, Colonialism (Al Jazeera)

Britain’s Secret War in Arabia (Jacobin)

The CIA plot to kill a Chinese Premier (IE)

What Nativity scenes tell us (Smithsonian)

Thread: Significance of Gayatri Mantra (V Shruddhi)

Travelogue: Seychelles on a budget (Team BHP)

Thread: On the Arab Bisht (Bayt Al Fann)

The hour of the wolf (Fatima Bhutto)

Is Santa Claus buried in Ireland? (BBC Travel)

Thread: Why are perfume ads so weird (Ari Murray)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Today is Vijay Diwas, India’s finest military hour (Print)

Maximum Modi (Open)

Russia launches massive missile attack on Ukraine (DW)

Morocco’s World Cup run was a political game changer (Jacobin)

US organises a coup in Peru (Multi Polarista)

Might the two Israels divorce? (TOI)

The US scramble for Africa (Al Jazeera)

The European Parliament’s Qatar scandal (RT)

Trump emigrates to Clown World (American Conservative)

Pakistan must accept the uncomfortable truths about 1971 (Dawn)

Aristocrat Inc (Believer)

The hidden story of the British Empire (Spiked)

2,500 Year Old Sanskrit Problem solved (Wion)

Thread: Jihadi mindset of Pakistani Cricketers (Ashwini Shrivastava)

Travelogue: Qatar during FIFA World Cup (Team BHP)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How British colonialism killed 100 Million Indians in 40 years (Al Jazeera)

Gujarat: The enduring model (Open)

Iran’s moment of truth (Guardian)

Inside the underbelly of Karachi (Dawn)

The significance of Saudi-China summit (Arab News)

Gazing back to see China’s future (Engelsberg Ideas)

No one voted for Rishi Sunak’s austerity (Spiked)

Kylian Mbappe, the France Star (ESPN)

What’s next for the Japanese Football team? (Japan Times)

Jihad & the Baby Store (TOI)

Thread: The Jewish legacy of Kolkata (Satyanewshi)

The Advocate (Anuradha Kumar)

Sri Lank’s most beautiful train journey (BBC Travel)

Thread: 18 Pearls of Wisdom from Yoshida Kenko (Cultural Tutor)

Auto Review: Jeep Grand Cherokee (Team BHP)