Tag: megalinkfest

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The mystery of Ramanujan’s dreams (Kristin Posehn)

Speech at 80th Anniversary of Battle of Stalingrad (Putin)

Chinese spy balloon over US military sites (Al Jazeera)

What to expect when Palestinian Authority collapses (TOI)

UK looks at Brexit with regret (Spiked)

Yamagami Tetsuya’s Revenge (Palladium)

Pompeo and the Saudi Prince (American Conservative)

The ‘Ideal’ Muslim Woman (Nadeem Paracha)

Thread: How Decathlon became #1Sports Brand of India (FinFloww)

The 1948 massacre of Maharashtrian Brahmins (Op India)

How ancient Hindu knowledge influenced German scientists (MIMG)

Thread: Insights from Dr Jaishankar (Shashank Mattoo)

The Divine Deities from Kantara (LHI)

Bijapur: Victory City (Fifty Two)

Thread: Where did the $ sign come from ? (CT)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

West is ‘In a War with Russia’ (Viktor Orban)

India’s indifference to Pakistan (M J Akbar)

Pakistan’s dark age (Al Jazeera)

Croatia’s ties with Nazism (TOI)

Brazil :Bolsonaro’s long shadow (Baffler)

Vietnam’s Red Napoleon (Palladium)

Amsterdam’s Under Water Garage (Verge)

The Native Americans who visited Europe (Smithsonian)

Humans Vs Elephants in Hassan (Fifty Two)

Thread: Savitribai Phule was a British missionary (True Indology)

Society weddings in Pakistan (Dawn)

On Fauda’s global journey (Mint)

Thread: Book Launch Strategy of ‘Atomic Habits’ (Rahul Mathur)

Grand Palaces of India (LHI)

Thread: The first known writer in human history (CT)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Ilham Aliyev & the making of Azerbaijan (Palladium)

Exposing the fraud that is BBC (Anand Ranganathan)

Japan rearms for war (RT)

Finland & Estonia PMs- ‘ Girl Boss’ Militarism (American Conservative)

Thread: How NATO provoked Russia (Venkatesh Ragupathi)

Pakistan & Bollywood: A broken bond (Al Jazeera)

Pranksters harassing Indian Scam Call Centres (ROW)

The truth about China’s Cultural Revolution (Guardian)

How GDR fell in love with the West (Engelsberg)

Joshimath: Once upon a town (Open)

Thread: Nizamuddin Auliya (True Indology)

Unceasing struggle of the Adivasis of Palamau (Fifty Two)

The Hamilton Road in Kurdistan (BBC Travel)

Thread: The Thinker of Rodin (Cultural Tutor)

Obituary:Mukkaram Jah Bahadur, Nizam of Hyderabad (Dawn)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The unrelenting quagmire of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Dawn)

What does Xi Jinping really think (Engelsberg)

Atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh (One India)

UK: 50 years of lies about Europe (Spiked)

The Taiwanese Expedition (American Conservative)

South Africa’s infamous Ultra Marathon Cheats (BI)

Mahmoud Abbad: The Perpetual Dictator (TOI)

Invocation of the Incarnate (Bibek Debroy)

Travelogue: Greece in Winter (Team BHP)

Lohri: The Legend of Dulla Bhatti (LHI)

Thread: Muslim Kung Fu (Bayt Al Fann)

The forgotten magnum opus ‘Andolan’ (Fifty Two)

Thread: The Great Wave of Kanagawa (Cultural Tutor)

Electric Air Dusters rock (The Verge)

Thread: 10 Countries with their divine version of Ramayana (Raghu)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Islamic migrants create havoc in Germany (Rair Foundation)

Pakistanis are in deep despair (Dawn)

Interview of S Jainshankar in Austria (You Tube)

Thread: On Shah Rukh Khan (Ashwini Shrivastava)

The end of Indonesia as we know it (Open)

No one will miss Nancy Pelosi (RT)

Racism at Australian Cricket Venues (The Age)

Thread: Patel Motel Cartel (Nathan Barry)

Scammers on Amazon Pakistan (ROW)

The power & peril of the ICU (Baffler)

Thread: How ancient Indians used to insult (Vedic Wisdom)

India’s spiritual city that ‘sings’ (BBC Travel)

Thread: How David Beckham earned $500 Million (Joe Pompliano)

Upcoming new Indian car launches in 2023 (Team BHP)

Thread: The art of Caravaggio (Cultural Tutor)