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Mega Linkfest: 02 July, 2021

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Lazarus heist (BBC)

Can we survive extreme heat? (Rolling Stone)

Xi’s message to the West (RT)

East Jerusalem is at a boiling point (TOI)

Kashmir: The road from Gupkar (Rahul Pandita)

Water revolution in Rudraprayag (BI)

Laurel & Hardy: Kings of Comedy (Madras Courier)

The long history of ‘Bombay Time’ (Atlas Obscura)

What British rule really did for India (Amartya Sen)

Operation Barbarossa ( Spiked)

Biju Patnaik: Lord of the Skies (LHI)

My grandfather, the Zionist (NY Mag)

Memories of a Honduran coup (Al Jazeera)

In a world without Sushi ( Juhea Kim)

In photos: Golden cape made from silk of a million spiders (Guardian)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 25 June, 2021

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The revolt against liberalism (Guardian)

The tyranny of Woke Capitalism ( Spiked)

The Sangh and Modernity (Ram Madhav)

Beijing’s useful idiots (UnHerd)

Iran at a crossroads (Marwan Bishara)

I am afraid to be Jewish in France ( Toni Kamins)

Clash of the Islanders ( Toronto Life)

The legend of the ‘Serpent Mosque’ (LHI)

The Himalayan peak off limts to climbers (BBC)

Why does Jerry Seinfeld still work hard? (Inc)

How Udupi spread its vegetarian cuisine across the world (SCMP)

Edward Dyer, His Beer & Whiskey (Madras Courier)

Udaybhan Rathore & myth making in Maratha History (EngrWho)

The thriving business of ‘IKEA hacking’ (Hustle)

The Zero stones of Pune & London (Syndrome)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 18 June, 2021

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

I was taught to protect my dynastic wealth ( Abigail Disney)

How I became the Honest Broker (Ted Gioia)

UK: Labour Party’s woes have deepened (Spiked)

Nigeria: Koo is selling itself as a Twitter substitute (ROW)

Israel: My friend is now the PM (TOI)

The rise & fall of Planet Hollywood (Esquire)

The story of Resuscitation Anne (Umme Faisal)

How the British betrayed Palestinians ( Al Jazeera)

Goa Revolution Day (LHI)

A Nawab named Safdar Jung ( Syndrome)

Zoya Lobo: India’s first transgender photojournalist (BI)

Granddaughter of the Octopus ( Remy Ngamije)

Shock Therapy ( Ania Spyra )

Shaming the Fat Shamers ( Preeti Zachariah)

The surprising origin of Sushi (BBC Travel)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 11 June, 2021

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

China could pay if virus leaked from its Lab (WaPo)

Decoding the BJP’s meltdown in Bengal ( Sandip Ghose)

Israel’s political striptease show (TOI)

What happens when a Hindu temple is destroyed (Dharma Dispatch)

The Indian Ocean world in 5 lives (LHI)

The truth about Aurangzeb (Open)

The difference between Woke & Cultural Awakening (RT)

How Apple used Pablo Picasso’s Bull (Trung Phan)

Pune, Shanghai, and a man named Victor ( Syndrome)

On vintage cookbooks (HT)

12 Levels of Friendship in Arabic ( Taariq Ismail )

Using Advanced Search on Twitter (Dickie Bush)

The Han twins (Truly Adventurous)

Silence of the jackals (Shashank Gupta)

Stories of my travels (SyncNest)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 04 June, 2021

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How an Amateur sleuth from West Bengal broke the Wuhan Lab story (Newsweek)

State Vs Social Media (Abhijit Iyer Mitra)

Modi’s year of reckoning (Minhaz Merchant)

Naftali Bennett: Israel’s PM-in-waiting (Guardian)

How America is becoming Nazi Germany (Indi Samarajiva)

America has a drinking problem (Atlantic)

Rise of the killer robot drone (RT)

Robo-chef, meet Dosa (ROW)

The Chitale Brothers: A savoury story (Mint)

Travelogue: Megalaya (TeamBHP)

The bloody invasion of Sindh (Savitri Mumukshu)

Ahilyabai Holkar: The greatest Queen of India (Bharadwaj)

Malliga Homes (Sindya Bhanoo)

The richest black girl in America (Truly Adventurous)

Why every single statue should come down (Guardian)