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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 29 August, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why US can never be India’s ally (FP)

The Deep State wants to oust Modi (GC)

Roast: Donald Trump (Oliver Kornetzke)

NATO’s Anschluss (Dmitry Medvedev)

5 Realities of Russia-Ukraine War (Crisis)

Will Eastern Europe abandon Ukraine? (NI)

Myanmar caught between US & China (Korybko)

The Tibetan quest for Independence (ORF)

France’s secret: Military Brothels (New Lines)

Thread: Finland was a Nazi Germany ally (Rina Luru)

10 AI Application shaping the future (Time)

The End of Islam as an agent of history (Open)

Thread: The man who saved Ganesha Idols (K Balakumar)

Moraji Desai was a CIA mole (Ubermensch Jatt)

Book Review: Cuisine & Empire (PSmiths)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 22 August, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Affection Economy (ORF)

The US is losing the plot on India (NI)

Rebuild India-US relationship (Newsweek)

Canada-India peace is temporary (Walrus)

Agni V is reshaping Asia’s strategic balance (FP)

Peace in Ukraine will destroy EU establishment (RT)

UAE’s covert wars (Cradle)

Climate Crisis in Mauritius (The Dial)

Tuvalu: How to leave a sinking nation (Guardian)

The Vatican & The Mafia (New Lines)

Muslim Anti-Semitism: Dangerous but Modern (TOI)

Putin-The Chekist (Engelsberg)

Thread: Life of Sikh girl married to Muslim Man (Simha)

Different kind of Indian Weddings (Hill Post)

Thread: The tomb of Ruttie Jinnah (Sam Dalrymple)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 14 August, 2025

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

The mirage of Pakistan’s US Trade deal (ORF)

Trump-Putin summit wont bring an Ukraine deal (NI)

Why India defied US pressure to dump Russia (Korybko)

India should stay the course of strategic autonomy (FP)

India rejects Hague ruling on Indus Water Treaty (Organiser)

PoK Vs Pakistan (MC)

The US-Israeli plot to partition Syria (Cradle)

Nigeria: The President who died twice (New Lines)

Russia’s use of Crypto schemes (RAND)

Swastika over Naples (TOI)

The moral compass of Middle Class Indians (Scroll)

BJP Vs BJP battle in Constitution Club (Print)

Japan under Pax Americana (Engelsberg)

Sholay: A 50th Anniversary Tribute (Jai Arjun)

Travelogue: Argentina’s Patagonia Azul (BBC Travel)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 08 August, 2025

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)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 01 August, 2025

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)