Tag: megalinkfest

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

President Xi Jinping warns President Biden on Taiwan (FMPRC)

A Son’s Pilgrimage for a Warrior Father (Archana Masih)

Thread: St. Xaviers and the Hindus (Savitri Mumukshu)

Britain’s Rishi Test (Minhaz Merchant)

The possible US attack on Iran (American Conservative)

Lipstick & the Jews (TOI)

Beirut, fragmented (Al Jazeera)

Peter Thiel ain’t no genius, just a rich guy (Jacobin)

Ukraine on my blood & mind (Owen Matthews)

Dupes & Duplicity (Damn Interesting)

The violent struggle between property & people (Indi Samarajiva)

Whiskey Trail in Ireland (Joanna Lobo)

Thread: Pune Food Trail (Junisha Dama)

Travelogue: Zanzibar (Team BHP)

Thread: Don’t take holiday membership (Dr Prashant Mishra)

Some offbeat reads for the weekend:

The early India Internet (PeaBee)

The plot against Modi (Open)

Is Jharkhand going the Maharashtra way? (India Today)

Pakistani grooming gangs in UK (Spiked)

How Manchester sold itself to Abu Dhabi’s elite (Guardian)

War will decide the fate of Transnistria (Palladium)

US Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan (American Conservative)

Pelosi’s Taiwan visit (RT)

Germany’s love affair with its cars (Enselberg)

Instagram is fueling a thrifting boom in South Asia (ROW)

Nikolai Vavilov, Soviet Scientist (Damn Interesting)

How Cesarean Births became a global epidemic (Zocalo)

The Prosperous Migrants (Rafia Zakaria)

Racism in Europe (Reddit)

Thread: Temples in Telugu states (Sada Shree)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Colombo Spring ( Sasanka Perera)

Thread: China & Hambantota Port (Marina Rudyak)

Why Boris Johnson failed (Spiked)

Revealed: British SAS forces killed Afghan prisoners (BBC)

Germany’s prosperity is fueled by Russia (RT)

Should NATO admint Sweden & Finland? (Rand Paul)

Making sense of the Yemen War (Engelsberg Ideas)

The legacy of Shinzo Abe (Al Jazeera)

Twitter Vs Elon Musk (The Verge)

Why won’t Biden resign? (Andrew Tanner)

Thread: On the February 26th Incident of Japan (Nick Kapur)

Devouring the Heart of Portugal (Damn Interesting)

On statues of horses in Jharkhand (Fifty Two)

The Angel Assasin (Truly Adventurous)

Thread: Red Fort was built by Raja Anangpal (V Shuddhi)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

In defense of Harshad Mehta (Jyoti Mehta)

The fall of Uddhav Thackeray (Open)

The current crisis is bringing Russia & India closer (RT)

5 things that led to PM Johnson’s downfall (BBC)

Why Japan & Germany are rearming (Engelsberg Ideas)

Ukraine could tear Europe apart (American Conservative)

How South Africa’s black farmers were set up to fail (Guardian)

The Chinese Govt is stealing your technology (Verge)

Racist videos on China Tik Tok is a multi million $ industry (ROW)

Corruption: Africa’s undeclared pandemic (Al Jazeera)

The Kingpin of Shanghai (Damn Interesting)

14 ways in which the White Empire is overthrowing itself (Indi Samarajiva)

Drive: Off roading in a Jeep Compass (Team BHP)

Thread: 15 powerful Visuals about Psychology & Life (Strong Minded)

Obituary: Shinzo Abe (NY Times)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Draupadi Murmu: An Epic Choice (PR Ramesh)

Thread: What happened between the Shiv Sena & BJP (Apar Bharat)

Thread: 12 Reasons why Fadnavis decision makes sense (Cogito)

The old establishment is still very powerful (Balbir Punj)

The Case for the Wuhan lab leak theory (Spiked)

Turkey: Jihad against Cyprus (Gatestone)

What NATO’s new strategic concept means for China (RT)

How London’s Olympic legacy was sold out (Guardian)

Thread: Story of New York’s Citicorp Center (Trung Phan)

Harvard must fall (Ayaan Hirsi Ali)

Lessons from a Turkish coup (American Conservative)

How a teacher became one of Nepal’s biggest You Tube star (ROW)

The Indian wine geeks of Silicon Valley (Shobha Narayan)

Thread: Ulysses Grant, Face of the $50 Bill (David Zabinsky)

Auto Review: Mahindra Scorpio-N (Team BHP)