Tag: megalinkfest

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)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Godfather, Saudi Style (Guardian)

How Joe Biden suckered Europe (Al Jazeera)

Payback time for Xi (Brahma Chellaney)

Watching China’s protests (American Conservative)

Germany exits FIFA World Cup (RT)

Popular unrest in Iran (Jacobin)

Punjabi migrants in Italy (Fifty Two)

Afghani migrants in America (Pro Publica)

Thread: Busting the IIT placement myth (Maheshwer Peri)

Drive: Dzongu & Borong (Team BHP)

Interview with author Pico Iyer (Mint)

Thread: Etymology of districts of Telangana (D Murali)

The story of Major Syamal Dev Goswami (Sentinels)

Varma Pazhassi Raja, Lion of Kerala (History)

Thread: Pandit Nehru & Japanese children (Paperclip)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why China won’t end its Covid Zero policy (Japan Times)

War in Ukraine reaches a tipping point (American Conservative)

Anti-Shia violence in Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Qatar illustrates the ‘human rights’ industry (RT)

New Army Chief in Pakistan (DW)

Pakistan as the wretched disaster of too many (Dawn)

Why America goes to War (Enselberg)

Thread: Debunking myths about Elon Musk (MPU)

Are we really prisoners of geography? (Guardian)

Money runs modern soccer (Jacobin)

The dark side of Dating Apps (Open)

Thread: The Case of Bhima Koregaon (Lokesh)

Thread: Pulp fiction in India (IWTK)

Mahua: The Indian Liquor the British banned (BBC)

Thread: Roman walls of Lugo (Cultural Tutor)