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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Gallant saga of Indian soldiers in Haifa, Israel (SAT)

Has EU really solved its energy crisis? (RT)

Why did Pakistan crackdown on Bangladesh, Balochistan in March (NDB)

The Royal Reckoning (Open)

Most Canadians are indifferent to the British Crown (Jacobin)

Thread: The Blood Jewelry of Queen Elizabeth II (Bharadwaj)

Mikhail Gorbachev gave Russia a chance (Sergey Radchenko)

Jews and Keralaputras (Times of Israel)

Karoke Man (Truly Adventurous)

RTI in Bihar (Fifty Two)

Cocktails in India come of age (Mint)

The legendary Bhimji Parekh of Surat (BBC)

Thread: Bhaskara Sethupathi, Raja of Ramnad (Cogito)

The 250 Mile Trans Bhutan Trail (Smithsonian)

Travelogue: Athirappally Waterfalls, Kerala (Team BHP)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Blob’s perpetual War (American Conservative)

Ukraine & the myth of the new world order (Spiked)

Protests in Prague (RT)

Thread: Pakistan floods will reshape global agri markets (Nathan Carson)

The challenges facing Liz Truss (Open)

The truth about the Baltics (Times of Israel)

Thread: Sanjay Kumar Mishra (Agenda Buster)

Karachi’s Gangsta Jalebi (Dawn)

The secrets of India’s Royal Kitchens (Mint)

Mongols speaking Malayalam (The Print)

Thread: Tipu Sultan’s Jihad in Malabar (Savitri Mumukshu)

Thread: General Sagat Singh Rathore (Abhishek Anand)

Auto: Jeep is going all-in on electric SUVs (Verge)

Cyrus Mistry deserved better (R Jagannathan)

Obituary: Queen Elizabeth II (Smithsonian)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Putin’s last laugh (American Conservative)

Iraq’s political dysfunction just got worse (Al Jazeera)

A view from a changed Germany (Times of Israel)

The Romanian Sludge King (Guardian)

The contradictory legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev (Smithsonian)

Secret deals ending Britain’s control over Gulf revealed (BBC)

Can the American Mall survive? (New Republic)

Thread: Ganesh Utsav as a public display of Hindu cultural unity (SM)

Caste Crime in Rajasthan (Fifty Two)

The unbearable lightness of Bollywood (Rahul Pandita)

On the rebellion of Ghulam Nabi Azad (M J Akbar)

Thread: Swami Prabhupada on Ahimsa (Anuj Dhar)

Thread: Why Shahrukh burned Ankita Singh to death? (Pankaj Saxena)

Ready for wine from Mizoram? (Mint)

Drive: Germany Road Trip (Team BHP)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

My Resignation Letter (Ghulam Nabi Azad)

Thread: The man trying to overthrow the Modi Govt (Alok Bhatt)

AAP: The unravelling (Open)

Thread: Delhi Liquor Scam Explained (Agenda Buster)

Thread: Why are Churches opposing Indian Infra? (Anshul Saxena)

The horrors of the war in Yemen (Guardian)

Why Sri Lanka’s collapse looms large over Bangladesh? (Al Jazeera)

Netanyahu on the Iranian nuclear deal (Arab News)

Pakistan’s Generals Vs Imran Khan (Time)

A star is born in Pakistan (Naila Inayat)

How Brown people run the White Empire (Indi Samarajiva)

The Fatwa and the birth of Muslim identity politics (Spiked)

Thread: The Islamic genocide of Hindus (Khalid Murad)

Getting back to Kipling’s India (American Conservative)

Auto: Owner Review BYD E6 Electric (Team BHP)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Nitish Kumar: The Last Gambit (M J Akbar)

On the Bilkis Bano case (Vir Sanghvi)

On the New Mexico killings (Op India)

Thread: On Crowd Funding Platforms (Dr Prashant Mishra)

The Century of Climate Migration (Guardian)

Lebanon suffers from Stockholm Syndrome (Arab News)

Corruption in the Ukraine War (Gray Zone)

The real role of Chechens in Ukraine (Al Jazeera)

Rushdie & Bombay (TOI)

Ailing Empire Blues (Baffler)

Pyramid Scheme (Truly Adventurous)

Why I left Academia (Quillete)

Auto Review: Tata Nexon EV Max (Team BHP)

Fashion: Masaba Gupta (Mint)

Thread: 15 Powerful Visuals about Life (Wisdom)