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Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

Inside the Hate Modi industry (Rahul Pandita)

Doordarshan era anchors recall the past (Scroll)

Yashwant Sinha Ko Gussa Kyon Aaya (Jaggi)

The horrifically evil ISIS Wives (Alternet)

Life and violent death in China Town (SCMP)

Facebook’s war on free will (Guardian)

The inside story of the great Silicon Valley heist (Wired)

Special Report: The Break Up of Pakistan 1969-71 (Dawn)

What ever happened to the Russian Revolution? (Smithsonian)

Ownership Review: My 2017 Hyundai Verna Diesel (TeamBHP)

Rahul Gandhi’s money woes (Gossip Guru)

The untold story of Yusuf Meherally (BI)

Jain Couple’s embracing of monkhood is privilege, not sacrifice (HP)

The Good Snob (IQ)

Los Angeles Diary (Outlook)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Big Business got Brazil hooked onto junk food (NYTimes)

A 105 year old Japanese Doctor who studied longevity (Independent)

The Scotsman who knows India better than many of us (Rediff)

The College Try (California Sunday)

Escape from North Korea (SCMP)

Why nobody wants the Rohingya (Open)

The Left has turned on the Lady of Burma (Spectator)

The madness of Donald Trump (Matt Taibi)

The Professional fortunes of 2002 Godhra investigators (Caravan)

The ridiculous “Principles” of Ray Dalio (Charles)

History: How Sir M Visvesvaraya tamed Hyderabad’s floods (BI)

Travelogue: Bali (Team BHP)

Inside story of Cabinet reshuffle (Gossip Guru)

Food: Best dishes to try in Amritsar (Lonely Planet)

Toronto Diary (Outlook)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Russia’s new theory of war (NYTimes)

America’s secret role in the Rwandan genocide (Guardian)

Cure to Cancer is near (Outlook)

Modi’s Mandal (Open)

Time to break up J&K (PGurus)

How Pakistan became a failed state (Minhaz Merchant)

Can America live with a nuclear North Korea? (Atlantic)

China is light years ahead in the mobile payments revolution (SCMP)

Pakistan’s Intelligence Agencies: The inside story (Dawn)

A Travancore Tale (Orijit Sen)

Daytime Prisons (Media Crooks)

How Sikkim became India’s cleanest state (BI)

The history of zero is older than thought (Smithsonian)

How Indian film makers depict servants (IQ)

12 Top tips from experienced drivers (Brightside)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Letter from Pyongyang (New Yorker)

The politics of manual scavenging (Rahul Pandita)

How the aristocracy preserved their power (Guardian)

Trump: The first White President (Atlantic)

Coffee Naps (Vox)

Pakistan has been lying to itself (Dawn)

The magical tattoo artists of Cambodia (SCMP)

Road Trip: Spiti Valley (Team BHP)

Spoof: Rahul Gandhi’s AI Speech (Great Bong)

Why Modi recalled the Kamaraj Plan (Gossip Guru)

Spoof: Kim Jong Un addresses the UN (The Onion)

Little known facts about Asha Bhosale (BI)

Photos: Inside Hrithik Roshan’s house (HP)

Ganeshotsav and Mumbai’s Decibel Divide (Anil Dharker)

Who really invented the Periodic Table? (ThoughtCo)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

La Ultra- The High (Mint)

Vinayaki-The female version of Lord Ganesha (Scroll)

The Case of Doklam (War On The Rocks)

The dilemma of being Nandan Nilekani (Charles Assisi)

How to get rich in Trump’s Washington (NYTimes)

Turkey’s Billion $ Hair Transplant Industry (TRT World)

Why Chinese investors are flocking to Johor,Malaysia (SCMP)

The last Nazi hunters (Guardian)

Cryptocurrency Cyber Crime soars (Bloomberg)

Thoughts on this season of Game of Thrones (Great Bong)

Driven: The World’s Best road (Team BHP)

Trekking: Snow Lake, Karakoram, Pakistan (Dawn)

Jaffna: The Haunted and the Hopeful (Open)

Bareilly Ki Diary (Outlook)

70 years of Indian Advertising (Mint)