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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How to make a fortune in the art market (SCMP)

The battle between Israel and Iran (Atlantic)

The price of getting inside Trump’s head (New Yorker)

Prison riot in Indonesia (ATimes)

A rebuttal to Dr. Manmohan Singh (Swarajya)

Fear and loathing in Aligarh (Open)

Violent Fridays (Media Crooks)

How Sudha Murthy travels (Nat Geo)

Manto- The chronicler of suffering (Dawn)

Why I pray despite being an atheist (Damian D’Souza)

Mathrubootham in Singapore (J Mathrubootham)

Bespoke shoes by Yohei Fukuda (Mint)

Do Bollywood stars pay for their wedding wear? (FS)

The best Netflix original movies (NYMag)

In Photos: The Bike Share oversupply in China (Atlantic)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The gambler who made Billions on the horse races (Bloomberg)

How Ferrero Rocher became a status symbol for immigrant families (Thrillist)

On Facebook’s struggles to contain Hate speech (SCMP)

The ‘Strongman Era’ is here (Ian Bremmer)

The extra ordinary Sukumar Sen (BI)

Murder at the Alcatraz (Atavist)

The mystery of the Killer Vacation (GQ)

The Iran deal is absurd (Atlantic)

The rise of Russia’s neo-Nazi hooligans (Guardian)

An assassination in Malaysia (ATimes)

Spoof: N Korea & S Korea team up to invade Italy (Onion)

What do you know about tragedy? (J Mathrubootham)

Indian Summer as a traveller’s tale (Open)

Reviving the art of watch making in Bengaluru (Qz)

Surat’s forgotten cemeteries (Wire)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why we should bulldoze the Business School (Guardian)

Real estate lobby rules Karnataka politics (Swarajya)

An embarrassment of saffron riches (Open)

10 Bullets for Karnataka (Media Crooks)

The IPS officer responsible for Asaram’s conviction (BI)

The downfall of Bill Cosby (Atlantic)

Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry (New Yorker)

Why Swaziland is now Kingdom of eSwatini (Smithsonian)

How death stalks policemen in Quetta (Dawn)

On getting weight reduction surgery (Medium)

Why Araku Valley is the Ooty of Andhra Pradesh (NatGeo)

The Secret Diary of a Saas-Bahu writer (Arre)

Are you playing games with Mr.Mathrubootham? (J Mathrubootham)

Painter to the King (Granta)

Crazy Marathons (Mint)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How to get rich quick in Silicon Valley (Guardian)

Ambedkar on Gandhi (Swarajya)

How united is the front against Modi? (Open)

Too many men (Washington Post)

Who killed Tolstoy? (Granta)

Inside Rex Tillerson’s ouster (New Yorker)

Tiger Farms in Laos (SCMP)

Is the Japanese Yakuza headed for extinction? (ATimes)

Twists in the Football World Cup Tale (Mint)

In Photos: India’s most luxurious trains (BI)

On being accused as a Soviet Spy (J Mathrubootham)

Mumbai meri jaan (Arre)

Meet the wolves on Instagram (Guardian)

The best new shows on Netflix (HP)

Spoof: Tips for travelling solo (The Onion)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Israel & Iran headed for war in Syria (Atlantic)

The demise of the nation state (Rana Dasgupta)

Target : Journalist (Intercept)

How Netherlands feeds the world (NatGeo)

Hindutva politics in Dakshsina Kannada (Open)

The murder that shook Iceland (Guardian)

Rohingyas Vs Bangladeshis (Caravan)

Did drinking give me breast cancer? (Mother Jones)

A new face of Piyush Goyal (Gossip Guru)

Lalu’s chickens (Media Crooks)

7 lesser known facts about Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (HP)

Calcutta Food Trail (Nat Geo)

4 Types of Momsplains (Arre)

On wasting time in Clubs (J Mathrubootham)

Road Trip: AP & Telangana (TeamBHP)