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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Thread: The current economic crisis in Sri Lanka (R Ramakumar)

The Empire of the Golden Triangle (Palladium)

Dmitry Firtash: Gas Powered Kingmaker (Guardian)

Why Russians hated the 90s (Unherd)

The race to build Mexico’s quickest Delivery App (ROW)

Pakistan: Free Play of Political Opportunists (Zahid Hussain)

R N Kao- The Gentleman Spymaster (Madras Courier)

Teams that have qualified for Qatar World Cup 2022 (Al Jazeera)

Brown Hunters ( Niyoshi Shah)

Caesar Vs Pirates (Truly Adventurous)

Travelogue: The Golden Triangle of Odisha (Team BHP)

Sudipta Sengupta: India’s first woman Antartica Scientist (BI)

SS Rajamouli: India’s biggest mythmaker (Kaveree Bamzai)

Thread: On how short life is (6529)

Thread: IPL Winning Warnie (Random Cricket)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Proof of Pakistan’s Proxy War against India (Stratnews)

Sanctioning Russia could topple the West (Unherd)

Thread: Putin’s power in Russia is surging (Clint Ehrlich)

The multipolar world dies in Ukraine (Palladium)

Why Afria does not appear to be standing with Ukraine (Al Jazeera)

Lessons from Ukraine from Lebanon & Syria (Arab News)

How did PM Imran Khan land up here? (Asad Rahim Khan)

On Chinese internet chatter on the Ukraine War (ROW)

Thread: US will not be able to prevent China from ‘going up’ (Tuvia Gering)

My Journey inside the Cyptosphere (Guardian)

Why Narendra Modi is the mother’s choice (M J Akbar)

Ami Bangla (Rasa Journal)

Sedition in Bihar ( Chitranshul Sinha)

Biking: 2 Months in Eastern Indo-Tibetan Himalayas (Team BHP)

In Photos:Ukraine (Atlantic)

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

10 reasons why Zelensky is no hero (Leon Kushner)

Vladimir Putin has fallen into the Dictator trap (Atlantic)

China’s choice in the Russo-Ukrainian war (Hu Wei)

The CIA may be breeding Nazi terror in Ukraine (Jacobin)

Ugly truths in times of war (Al Jazeera)

Much of the world is ambivalent about the Ukraine war (TOI)

Thread: Russian Economy is run by Mafias (Kamil Galeev)

German Pacifism is dead (Unherd)

The Revenge of History (Spiked)

Kenya’s quiet slide underwater (Guardian)

Modi & the Monk (Open)

Interview with Arif Mohammed Khan (First Post)

This Congress Leadership is keeping BJP in power (Vir Sanghvi)

Political violence in West Bengal ( Prabhanu Das)

Thread: Sonia Gandhi headed a NGO whose goal was ‘Free Kashmir’ (Vijay Patel)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war ( Yuval Noah Harari)

Stop painting Ukraine as the good guy (Leon Kushner)

Why has the US & NATO not sanctioned for starting wars? (RT)

Ukraine & the new world disorder (Spiked)

Interview with Mohammed Bin Salman (Atlantic)

The ingrained corruption of Iran’s IRGC (Arab News)

Why was Pakistan’s PM in Russia? (Al Jazeera)

Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system (Wired)

Why Yogi is confident (Open)

Behind 10 min delivery promise (IE)

Thread: Best Exercises from ancient cultures (Alexander Cortes)

Thread: Emerging Cyber Fraud trends (Shakti Avasthy IPS)

Reality Show: Mission Everest (Neha Mehrotra)

Drive: Understanding 4*4 (Team BHP)

The Craziest 2 Mins of TV News (Sk Boz)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons (NPR)

Putin’s Spiritual Destiny (Giles Fraser)

What the West gets wrong about Putin (Unherd)

Is Taiwan Next? (Atlantic)

What happened in Kazakhstan’s January Rebellion? (Palladium)

Why Khamenei is silent about the nuclear deal (Arab News)

Ride Hailing Apps are struggling in Bangladesh (ROW)

UC Berkley & America’s Stagnation (Apricitas)

Sukesh Chandrashekhar: India’s greatest conman (NL)

The truth about the influencer economy (Guardian)

A Divorce Attorney’s advice on marriage (TOI)

Priya Ramani Vs M J Akbar ( Menaka Rao)

Once in a Lifetime Click (Bangalore Mirror)

Thread: Madhubala’s amazing popularity in Greece (Paperclip)

Travelogue: Backpacking across Sri Lanka (Team BHP)