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Weekend Mega Linkfest: December 29, 2017

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

What’s it like to become a crypto currency millionaire (NYMag)

How Obama let Hezbollah off the hook (Politico)

Who killed Benazir Bhutto? (Dawn)

The Oxford Degree that rules Britain (Guardian)

Meet Alex, the Russian Casino Hacker (Wired)

Recalling Singapore’s forgotten unions (ATimes)

The Warlike Bodhisattvas (Open)

The Englishman who stayed back as a judge in India (Scroll)

Letter from India: The Newlyweds (Harpers)

How an Isuzu car buyer got screwed (MC)

Maiden trip to Arunachal Pradesh (TeamBHP)

Tamasha: Transformed but still travelling (Rural India)

Mt. Everest Deaths: Deliverance from 27,000 feet (NYTimes)

My runaway mother (Tia Basu)

In Photos: Living with a ‘Love Doll’ in Japan (WP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: December 22,2017

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

Modi Ji, Thank you for ending my has been status (Mani Shankar Aiyar)

Crony Capitalism has won in the 2G scam (Swarajya)

Betting in Cricket to be legal soon in India (BI)

A personal journey in the mental map of Bharat (Rahul Pandita)

Wealthy nannies love Billion $ unicorns (ATimes)

Why Afghanis hate Pakistanis (Dawn)

The scientist who killed the most people in history (Atlantic)

A road trip in Switzerland (TeamBHP)

History in a Glenlivet Bottle (Nat Geo)

A chat with Salman Rushdie (Open)

Gossip: The next CM of Gujarat (Gossip Guru)

Atal Bihari Vaypayee seen in public after ages (HuffPost)

The best movies you missed in 2017 (Wired)

Kathmandu Diary (Outlook)

Whisky’s most powerful man (Fortune)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: December 16, 2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Manchester City’s plan for global domination (Guardian)

How I went from a Governor’s office to a Jail Cell (NYTimes)

In China,a 3 digit score can determine your place in Society (Wired)

Silk road fever grips Russian Far East (ATimes)

Millenials are screwed (HP)

China’s selfie obsession (New Yorker)

The incredible journey of Nepal’s teen golf sensation (SCMP)

Karan Johar is the newest love guru in town (Newslaundry)

On the Sacred Thread (Outlook)

Congress Treachery (Media Crooks)

Travelogue: Megalaya (TeamBHP)

Anandiben’s ire (Gossip Guru)

Code Red: Visible hand of Dadar market (Rural India)

Best books of 2017 (Open)

10 Human Body Tricks (BrightSide)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: December 08,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

When a temple was besieged in Ayodhya (Manu Pillai)

Rahul Gandhi: The new Boss (Open)

The garland on Anantapura’s Ambedkar statue (Rural India)

The Nautch Girls of Sonepur Mela (IQ)

God’s plan for Mike Pence (Atlantic)

Cambodia’s figure skaters (SCMP)

Jerusalem and the remaining naysayers (Jawed Naqvi)

The Great Game moves from Asia Pacific to Indo Pacific (ATimes)

Shaolin Summer (NatGeo)

Bitcoin mining has a large carbon footprint (Wired)

Everest Base Camp Trek (TeamBHP)

Ownership Review: Jeep Compass 4×4 (TeamBHP)

14 Survival Tips that one day can save your life (BrightSide)

How Chola Bronzes came to be made (Swarajya)

Ayodhya Diary (Outlook)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 01 December, 2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Hindu Inflexion (Swapan Dasgupta)

How BJP took control of Amul (Scroll)

Is Rahul Gandhi a charlatan? (Kanchan Gupta)

The new American Way of War (Time)

Why a generation in Japan is facing a lonely death (NYTimes)

How the sandwich consumed Britain (Guardian)

Will Myanmar’s Rohingya rebels respond? (ATimes)

Pakistan: The rot within (Dawn)

Arabs,Jews and Israel’s pork industry (Long Reads)

The delusion that could conquer the world (Atlantic)

A much hyped startup-Carnation-goes bankrupt (TeamBHP)

Assertiveness Training (Susan Sheu)

Keystone habits: How small changes can improve your life (Louis Chew)

Operation Trident: Indian Navy’s greatest victory (BI)

Lakshadweep Diary (Outlook)