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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 11 July, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Kutch was the cue, Sindoor the signal (Print)

For months, Xi Jinping has been a puppet (Lei)

Shubman Gill propels India Cricket to next era (Open)

Decoding PM Modi’s Diplomacy (First Post)

Bangladesh Hindus face brutality (Organiser)

Why India-Russia ties still matter (RT)

Beijing disinformation targetted Rafale jets (France24)

Inside the mind of IDF Chief Eyal Zamir (JPost)

The Global South Vs Israel (Commentary)

Thread: How Jimmy Carter betrayed Iran (Rod Martin)

Pakistani ghettoes in UK (NV)

Nigeria’s performance enhancing potions (New Lines)

India’s corrupt ruling elite (Aarti Tikoo Singh)

The Kashmiri militant who killed 300 Terrorists (Rediff)

Thread: India’s real freedom fighters (Namami Bharatam)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 04 July, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Netanyahu in Iran (JPost)

Distributing death in Gaza (RT)

Iraq refused the US leash (Cradle)

Mexico Vs Trump (Jacobin)

Thread: Russia Vs Azerbaijan (Spetsna)

GCC Vs Iran (Aimen Dean)

Thread: Ukrainians Vs Jews (Shoah Ukraine)

Russia was winning WW1 (Rina Luru)

Iran: The cradle of Islamo-Leftism (Spiked)

Sold to the Trump family (Guardian)

Using Google searches to solve crimes (Wired)

Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s role in saving W Bengal (Organiser)

Thread: Cyrus the Great (Mind Voyager)

Over Tourism in the Himalayas (Open)

Ownership Report: Mercedes-Benz GL350 CDI (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 20 June, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Hindus & Jews face common existential threat (Organiser)

Inside Mossad’s Operation Narnia (JPost)

The Persian Leopard & the Rising Lion (TOI)

The end of Israeli exceptionalism (RT)

Thread: Rampant corruption in Iran (ChrisO)

Arakan Army & the Rohingyas (Arab News)

5 Years since Galwan (First Post)

Theodore Roosevelt’s lessons in global power (Engelsberg)

Thread: Ganesh Savarkar (Ratnakar)

The Man who invented the Modern Zoo (Smithsonian)

Thread: The Crimean War (Rina Lu)

Traffic Jams in Himachal (Hill Post)

Thread: Nationalization of Banks Scam (Monidipa Bose)

Relationship of Arabs & Persians with Islam (Dan Burmawi)

Thread: Genocide of Kashmiri Hindus (Right Singh)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 13 June, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

When AI 171 crashed into the hostel mess (Scroll)

10 Q&A about Israel’s attack on Iran (Tehran Times)

How Israel misled Iran before the strike (JPost)

Russia’s new enemy #1 is Germany (RT)

Russian mercenaries remain active in Africa (RAND)

Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb (ORF)

Bosnia in Deadlock (Crisis)

Who counts as an Afrikaner? (New Lines)

Why Tunisia has become a retirement haven for Italians (Al Majalla)

How Pakistan fell in love with Sushi (Guardian)

The National War Memorial of New Delhi (Hill Post)

The Redundant Gandhi (Open)

A tribute to Raj Kapoor (Jai Arjun)

Travelogue: Laos (BBC Travel)

Book Review: The hard thing about hard things (PSmith)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 06 June, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

India’s new iconoclausts (Engelsberg)

‘Khalistan Zindabad’ slogans raised at Golden Temple (Op India)

Why China is not interested in Great Power carve ups (Diplomat)

Beijing’s close ties with Islamabad (RT)

Pakistani Military is like cancer (First Post)

Where have all the Jews gone? (Spiked)

Egypt’s rapprochement with Iran (Arab News)

South Korea’s ongoing political crisis (Jacobin)

Midlife with no kids and no crisis (Guardian)

Elon Musk is a disgusting Abomination (Paul Krugman)

Why Woke failed (Persuasion)

India’s role in African slave trade (Wire)

The Patron Saint of Sound Money (DR)

The Bittersweet Beginnings of Vanilla (Smithsonian)

Fort: Raigad Fort (Open)