Tag: megalinkfest

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Malegaon Blasts: Death of a Lie (Open)

China-India Rapprochement (ORF)

India’s Middle East Tight-Rope Walk (NI)

UK’s dodgy deals with Saudi Arabia (Guardian)

50th Anniversary of Helsinki Accords (RT)

In Italy, Punjabi farm workers are expendable (Jacobin)

London: A City of Strangers (Spiked)

China’s Black Sea play (RAND)

The Druze of Suwayda (GC)

Europe is turning into Lebanon (Dan Burmawi)

The cultural significance of Umbrellas in Japan (BBC Travel)

Why Indians were discouraged from migrating to Cuba (Scroll)

Swami Vivekananda’s best friend (DNA)

Travelogue: Uganda (Raku)

7 Frozen Desserts from around the World (Smithsonian)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The RSS Century (Open)

Inside story of VP Dhankar’s resignation (Print)

Trump wants to derail India’s rise (Korybko)

From EU to Eunuch (RT)

Reject the moral blackmail of Marxist-Jihadi axis (TH)

Not safe to be openly Jewish in Europe (TOI)

Saudis Vs Houthis (JPost)

What the Houthis really want (Engelsberg)

Belgium’s broken prisons (New Lines)

Confessions of Canada’s secret poor (Macleans)

Thread: Mujib’s 1974 Lahore Visit (Paperclip)

Letter from PM Indira Gandhi to President Nixon (State)

Thread: Finland & Nazi Germany (Rina Luru)

Travelogue: Iceland (BBC Travel)

Sport: Pok-ta-Pok (Smithsonian)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The exit of Jagdeep Dhankar (Open)

Chandrababu Naidu, the Dreamer (Print)

Thailand’s war on Cambodia (Korybko)

The US & South Caucasus (RT)

Where Giorgia Meloni is leading Europe (Time)

How Qatar became the global capital of Diplomacy (Guardian)

Jordan is in the firing line (Cradle)

The child brides of Iraq (New Lines)

Where is Russia’s place in the world? (Engelsberg)

Why a ordinary Muslim turns Jihadist (Dan Burmawi)

Ramkrishna Dalmia’s business building spree (Scroll)

The fabled pigment Indian Yellow (Meena NS)

Book Review: Leap of Faith (PSmiths)

Travelogue: Char Dham Yatra (Team BHP)

Thread: Why isn’t China mentioned in the Mahabharata (Sumita)

Some off beat reads for the weekend :

Amit Shah’s retirement plan ( Print )

The property case of Saif Ali Khan Pataudi ( Open )

Israel’s strike on Syria ( JPost )

Did South Africa know about Oct 7 in advance? ( TOI )

The G7 horror show with Macron ( Guardian)

Ukraine’s lost children ( Time )

Turks & Kurds conflict nearing an end ( Al Majalla)

India’s war on the Mughal Empire ( Engelsberg)

Malaysia’s Mahathir turns 100 ( Arab News )

Why Memento Mori is the ultimate life hack ( BT )

Thread : Subramanya Siva ( Sadaashree)

Rumi, a racist Jihadi bigot ( SN )

Thread : Guide to Intermittent fasting ( Dr Sayaji Rao )

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach ( BBC Travel)

The same damned thing over and over ( PR )

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Kutch was the cue, Sindoor the signal (Print)

For months, Xi Jinping has been a puppet (Lei)

Shubman Gill propels India Cricket to next era (Open)

Decoding PM Modi’s Diplomacy (First Post)

Bangladesh Hindus face brutality (Organiser)

Why India-Russia ties still matter (RT)

Beijing disinformation targetted Rafale jets (France24)

Inside the mind of IDF Chief Eyal Zamir (JPost)

The Global South Vs Israel (Commentary)

Thread: How Jimmy Carter betrayed Iran (Rod Martin)

Pakistani ghettoes in UK (NV)

Nigeria’s performance enhancing potions (New Lines)

India’s corrupt ruling elite (Aarti Tikoo Singh)

The Kashmiri militant who killed 300 Terrorists (Rediff)

Thread: India’s real freedom fighters (Namami Bharatam)