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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How BJP has emerged as a major force in Bihar ( Aroon Purie )

Advantage : Adityanath ( Open )

Who won the war over Nagorno-Karabakh? (The Hindu )

How Xi Jinping blew it ( Atlantic )

In China, sports and politics are inseparable( SCMP )

How Western travel bloggers got entangled in Pakistan’s politics ( Guardian )

‘Save Christmas’ campaign in the UK ( RT )

Remembering Nuremberg ( Al Jazeera)

Milk ( Sukhada Tatke )

On Pandemic Fatigue ( Indi Samarajiva )

Missouri calling Madras ( J Mathrubootham)

Spoof : Monk under waterfall (The Onion )

Chhath Puja : Ancient origins ( LHI)

Italy’s beloved ‘fried pizza’ ( BBC Travel )

Obituary : Soumitra Chatterjee ( Telegraph )

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The rest of the world had it with US Presidents (Mohammed Hanif)

Why Trump can’t afford to lose (New Yorker)

Even if Biden wins, its Trump’s America (Time)

Modi’s league of economic reformers (Dhiraj Nayyar)

The assault on Arnab (Open)

Pakistani Women are ruling memes (Naila Inayat)

How White Russians caused a dance revolution in China (SCMP)

Why a renowned humanitarian took his own life (Guardian)

The true story of Bloody Mary (ATI)

Stranger than fiction (Atavist)

Why PDF is the world’s most important file format (Vice)

On the 1947 war in Kashmir (ADG-PI)

Tit for Tat (J Mathrubootham)

Umaid Bhavan: The last Grand Palace (LHI)

Rohtang Diary (Outlook)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Whites supressed voting rights of Blacks in America (Jawad Mian)

How Trump can win again (Atlantic)

Macron’s War against Radical Islam (Open)

How RBI got rid of Yes Bank’s Rana Kapoor (Tamal Bandyopadhyay)

My fight against Triple Talaq (Aafreen Rehman)

The hidden story of Mewat (True Indology)

The Brothel trade of Bengal (National Geographic)

Misremembering the British Empire (New Yorker)

China & Sri Lanka (Indi Samarajiva)

How Navratri and Dussehra were celebrated in medieval India (OD)

TedX talk: The Cost of Success (Pratik Gandhi)

Remembering Manna Dey (Ajay Mankotia)

The most expensive Rupee (LHI)

How Snakes & Ladders became a global phenomenon (Madras Courier)

Dosa: India’s obsession (BBC Travel)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Expose: Biden’s Chinese Connection (Baldings World)

The mystery of the Immaculate Concussion (GQ)

India is leaping ahead in Green Energy (Vivek Wadhwa)

The Dukaan Story (Subhash Choudhary)

Police Vs Army in Pakistan (Shekhar Gupta)

Go Niazi Go (Naila Inayat)

How Gen. Bajwa got his extension (2 Paisay)

Arnab is just Arnab (Savio Rodrigues)

Is pasta the new pizza for Indians? (Mint)

Why India is not ‘growing’ hing (Marryam Reshii)

Parihaspora: Ancient Capital of Kashmir (LHI)

Why do you want to abuse my mother? (Pritish Nandy)

Elementary, dear Kamalam (J Mathrubootham)

Covid-19 and Surfaces (Wired)

Preparing for Death (Arun Shourie)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The dangerous rise of Military AI (Guardian)

Bihar 2020 (Open)

The Panic Attack of the New York Power Brokers (Curbed)

On the Bhutto Dynasty (The Wire)

The rise & fall of Vanilla Ice (The Ringer)

An eviscerating email from a Founder to a Board Member (Ryan Caldbeck)

Tabassum Mansoor: The Negotiator who freed Indians in Libya (Hindu)

Gal Gadot as Cleopatra (TOI)

Why read? (Harold Bloom)

What’s the one thing that stayed with you from your first boss? (Ankur Warikoo)

How IAS Vikranth Raja restored 178 water bodies in 3 months (BI)

The origin of the phrase ‘Banana Republic’ (Siddharth Misra)

The Ambani Garage (Team BHP)

Remembering Jagjit Singh (Ajay Mankotia)

Photos Tribute: Bhanu Athaiya (Mint)