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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)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Shah Bano 2.0 (Open)

Winning elections bigger than dynasties (Vir Sanghvi)

US Army is not ready for a war with Russian Army (SWJ)

Inside the Taliban’s return to power (Guardian)

Justin Trudeau’s phony dictatorship (Unherd)

The rise of antisemitism in Europe (TOI)

Demolitions in Nairobi (Jacobin)

Spotify in Pakistan (RoW)

France is living in Zemmour’s world (Palladium)

Thread: Why Stalin purged the Old Bolsheviks (Kamil Galeev)

Dr. Subramanian & Ludhiana Basketball Academy (Fifty Two)

Thread: Vasudev Balwant Phadke (Sadaa Shree)

Pune Engineers helps 26 Villages become drought free (BI)

Thread: My wife’s transformation (KA)

The story of how I met my education (Nisha Susan)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Mossad in Iran (BBC)

Modi’s Foreign Policy juggling act (Foreign Policy)

On the Historical Unity of Russians & Ukrainians (Vladimir Putin)

Is China committing genocide against the Uyghurs? (Smithsonian)

When France executed its own soldiers (Jacobin)

When Britain imprisoned its wartime refugees (Guardian)

The Bloody Sunday Cover Up (Kevin Rooney)

Reason for over-sized Macron-Putin table (RT)

Time to save Congress is now (Vir Sanghvi)

Lata Mangeshkar: Her Own Superstar (M J Akbar)

Thread: Lata Mangeshkar, the Photographer (Paperclip)

Its your friends who break your heart (Atlantic)

Thread: The Indian-origin Romas of Europe (Madeline Potter)

The Dragnet for M N Roy ( Gautam Pemmaraju)

Drive: Ladhaki Winter in a Thar (Team BHP)