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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why Polarization is not evil (Manu Joseph)

On ‘Hindu Terror’ (Makarand Paranjape)

Awakening Bharat Mata (Swapan Dasgupta)

Bengal 2019 is a warm up (Indrani Bagchi)

The Battle of Sirhind (Harpreet)

Who killed Olof Palme? (Guardian)

Baijiu in America (SCMP)

The most dangerous man in the world (ATimes)

Profile: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (BI)

Why the writing in GOT Season 8 feels off (Wired)

A Letter to Ruskin Bond (K Vijayakrishnan)

Calicut & the discovery of Brazil (LHI)

A Warrior King and a goat’s eyes (Manu Pillai)

The truth about the French Fry (BBC Travel)

Obituary: I M Pei (L A Times)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Can India endure another 5 years of Modi? (Aatish Taseer)

On Hindu refugees from East Pakistan (Sudipto Das)

Honduras Gang Violence (NY Times)

How Cocaine transformed San Miguel (Guardian)

Asia Bibi: Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy case (BBC)

How Ancient Indian Art utilises Maths, Mythology and Rice (Atlas Obscura)

A Chinese village that kept a Courtesan’s secret (SCMP)

Viktor Orban’s War on Intellect (Atlantic)

Spoof: Trump takes on second job (The Onion)

The Yeti: A beast in imagination (Open)

Mahboob Ali Khan, the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad (Manu Pillai)

Right and Bright Idea (J Mathrubootham)

On Cricket Commentary (Irfan Pathan)

Guru Gobind Singh’s letter to Aurangzeb (Madras Courier)

India’s African Kings (LHI)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Womb Whisperers (Mint)

Dry Days & Elections (Quartz)

Election Season in Bengal (M J Akbar)

How Thailand’s Rama X will be crowned (ATimes)

No US visas for Pakistan (Dawn)

This is what I have to say (True Indology)

Exploring Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (Team BHP)

The Battle of Winterfell (Wired)

Nugrybauti (Joel Mowdy)

The Legend of the Lungi (Karthik Venkatesh)

Best place in Chennai (J Mathrubootham)

The grocer who became a saint (Manu Pillai)

General Shahnawaz: Hero of the INA (LHI)

Why Travel Matters (Barack Obama)

Manna Dey Diary (Outlook)

Some off beat reads for the long weekend (for Mumbaikars) :

The sudden revival of Raj Thackeray (Mint)

The call for Mahinda Rajapaksa (LA Times)

SUCI : Lal Salaam (Open)

The Airbnb invasion of Barcelona (New Yorker)

How I fell in love with ancient Egypt (Guardian)

A War Lord rises in Libya (Atlantic)

Mahabaleshwar – More than strawberries (LHI)

Marriages not made in heaven (Manu Pillai)

The Jackfruit Revolution (BI)

If Suppandi were to be the PM of India (Madras Courier)

A Maratha Game of Thrones (Manu Pillai)

Karachi in Photos (QZ)

Spoof: Tesla self-driving car absconds with $ 702 Million (Onion)

Travelogue : Eastern Europe (Team BHP)

Movie Review: Avengers Endgame (Omaha World)

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

How to turn $ 1,000 to $ 450 Million (Vulture)

The truth about Dentistry (Atlantic)

When everything falls away (Pico Iyer)

How Scotland erased Guyana from its past (Guardian)

Rwanda shows how hateful speech leads to violence (Atlantic)

Israeli farming technology in Kutch (BI)

15 Months of fresh hell inside Facebook (Wired)

Guantanamo’s Darkest Secret (New Yorker)

The sleeping giant of Tumkur (M J Akbar)

Election fever ( J Mathrubootham )

Poem: Permission to Loot (Madras Courier)

When Mughals fought the Mongols (LHI)

The dark history of Japan’s Rabbit Island (Smithsonian)

Bisrakh – Birthplace of Ravana (Daily O)

Seneca on how to manage your time (Brain Pickings)