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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)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 14 July, 2023

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Lord Rama’s homecoming (Open)

ISRO launches Chandrayaan-3 (Mint)

India is the breakout partner for the US (ORF)

Europe clamors for greater India ties (Arab News)

Why India chose Rafale (India Today)

On Prigozhin’s Mutiny (Larry Johnson)

Foreign mercenaries in Ukraine (RT)

How Hip Hop fuelled Egypt’s revolution (Guardian)

Caught in the India-Pakistan Crossfire (Dawn)

The patriotism of ethnic minority Britain (Spiked)

Qatar Vs Gulf Powers (Crisis)

Hezbollah at the gates of the Gallilee (Cradle)

Thread: 10 insights from Napoleon (Jash Dholani)

Thread: Indian Soldiers in Beijing (Paperclip)

Thread: 2022 Convocation Address at GNLU (Live Law)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 23 June, 2023

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Biden embraces Modi (RT)

Operation Meghdoot (PeepulTree)

1988 Convocation speech of Dr V Kurien at IIM-A (Vrikshamandir)

Indian Engineers don’t want to do Engineering jobs (IE)

Dystopia in Manipur (Print)

Syria & Pakistan: From Narco states to terror (TOI)

India-Pakistan relations (Dawn)

UAE takes partial control of Karachi port (Crisis)

Europeans want to fight to the last American (AC)

Gibraltar as a major NATO spy base (Declassified UK)

AI is a lot of work (Verge)

Britain’s Labor Revolt (Jacobin)

The answer is better gangs (Palladium)

My job as a Yoga teacher was more toxic (Daily Mail)

Travelogue: Gems of Konkan (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 16 June, 2023

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Drought is the next pandemic (Guardian)

India-US ties reaching a turning point (Print)

The historical roots of Russia’s scorched earth policy (Engelsberg)

US War plans for Iran (Jacobin)

Its politics as usual in Iraq (Arab News)

How British policy aided Osama Bin Laden (Declassified UK)

The rise & fall of Imran Khan (Dawn)

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (ORF)

Thread: Why Congress wants to ban Bajrang Dal (Star Boy)

Deities & Devotees at a film festival (Jai Arjun)

The Indian city where noone goes hungry (BBC Travel)

Zanskar: Magic Mountains (Open)

Automakers are cramming fake stuff into EVs (Verge)

Drive: Dhanushkodi (Team BHP)

Thread: The Pandit who offered Bali of Pathans (Gaudiya)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 09 June, 2023

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)