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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 24 June, 2022

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Paradigm Shift: A State Govt may fall for not being Hindutva enough (Swarajya)

MLAs are political entrepreneurs (Vir Sanghvi)

How Korean pop group BTS became bigger than Beatles (New Yorker)

The King of Kowloon (Guardian)

Enviromentalist in North Korea (Palladium)

Bread & Conflict in Ukraine (Zocalo)

Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion (RT)

Russia & Iran have united against the West (Ali Ansari)

Remembering the unglorious Lebanon War (Times of Israel)

Uneasy peace in Afghanistan (Dawn)

How Facebook has become Mexico’s favorite Food Delivery app (ROW)

The real reason why Pakistan banned Rehman’s book on 1971 War (Open)

Saketh Rajan: Naxalite in Karnataka (Fifty Two)

Six of India’s most luxurious train journeys (Better India)

Burdwan: A peep into history (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 17 June, 2022

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

What is EU’s alternative to Russian Gas? (RT)

Joe Biden’s Woke Imperialism (Spiked)

What do Saudis want from Biden’s visit? (Arab News)

Ukraine isn’t worth nuclear war ( American Conservative)

Decoding Sri Lanka’s meltdown (ROW)

The God who loves bling (Times of Israel)

Ukraine’s improbable World Cup Qualifier Win (ESPN)

Has Amethi abandoned the Gandhis? (Open)

In defense of burning bridges (Amber Husain)

Sanskrit, State & Science ( Sanjana Ramachandran)

Volunteering with Tibetan refugees (Better India)

Food: Bangladesh Jhal Muri (BBC Travel)

Pilgrimage: Bangalore to Dwarka (Team BHP)

Thread: World’s greatest Impostor (David Zabinsky)

The joys of slow travel (Shivya Nath)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 10 June, 2022

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Inside the siege of Amarula, Mozambique ( Outside )

On Russia’s onslaught in Eastern Ukraine (New Yorker)

Washington’s failed push for Anti-Russian global consensus (American Conservative)

When Israel attacked America (RT)

Netanyahu to regain power in Israel (TOI)

Pakistan in 2047 (Dawn)

The truth about Gyanvapi (Sandeep Balkrishna)

How we can defeat targetted killings in Kashmir (Brigadier Narender Kumar)

How Economic Warfare backfired in Ancient Rome (Zocalo)

The Works of the Monster of Showa (Palladium)

America deserves gun violence (Indi Samarajiva)

A dispatch from Cannes 2022 (Baffler)

Gujarat’s Fishermen: Cast Away (Fifty Two)

The Nightmare (Minal Dave)

Spoof: Ukrainians reflect on first 100 Days of War (The Onion)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 03 June, 2022

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

China’s India Complex (Shyam Saran)

How Germany got hooked on Russian energy (Guardian)

Western media now wants Ukraine to make peace (RT)

US has no endgame in Ukraine (Jacobin)

Putin’s war is just beginning (Unherd)

Thread: De Gaulle’s view on colonization (Arnaud Bertrand)

Why I no longer celebrate Jerusalem Day (TOI)

A perfect storm is brewing in N Korea (Al Jazeera)

A fragile life in Yemen ( Zocalo)

Spoof: No way to prevent this (The Onion)

The Almighty Gun (Rafia Zakaria)

Cricket: Numbers Game (Himanish Ganjoo)

Thread: Rise of Kishore Kumar ( Dr Snow)

Thread: Day in life of Hedge Fund Analyst ( Net Cap Girl)

On KK’s song Yaaron (Mint)

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Mega Linkfest: 27 May, 2022

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Modi: Decolonising the Indian mind (Open)

A tale of two Conclaves (Op India)

Why Kapil Sibal exited Congress (Print)

How Doctors Die (Zocalo)

Is the US winning Russia’s war in Ukraine? (Manlio Graziano)

New silent Intifada (Ray Hanania)

School shootings are now as American as Apple Pie (Belen Fernandez)

My Latvian grandfather. Nazi or KGB agent? (Guardian)

How the Ukraine Crisis ends ( Henry Kissinger )

A fading future in Istanbul (Ahmed Askary)

Transnistria is too old for war (Unherd)

Surendra Nath Sehgal, Microbiologist (Sukhada Tatke)

Nikhat Zareen, Boxing Champion (Mint)

Travelogue: North Sikkim (Team BHP)

Thread: Kerala temple made famous by thieves (Ayudhika)