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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 03 August, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Imran, the Inevitable (Mehr Tarar)

Modi is on  a war-footing in UP (HP)

Why North Karnataka is on the boil (Swarajya)

A deadly hunt for hidden treasure (Wired)

Tokyo’s long lines lead to magic (Afar)

Axes of Evil (Atavist)

The problem with Bezo’s Billions (Atlantic)

The 17th Karmapa (ATimes)

Truck Art (Radhika Iyengar)

My Tinder Bio (Ramya Pandyan)

In the Andamans (J Mathrubootham)

How to get a fancy VIP number (Team BHP)

Hooper: Photographer of Death  (Madras Courier)

All Satyajit Rays in 5 words each (Great Bong)

Remembering Behram Palkhivala (Arvind Datar)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 27 July, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Inside the two years that shook Facebook (Wired)

AI shows why atheism is unpopular (Atlantic)

The rise of the house husband in Japan (SCMP)

The untold story of an America hostage (GQ)

Europe Vs Tourists (Time)

How E-Commerce is transforming rural China (New Yorker)

New Front: Vidarbha (Gossip Guru)

The Lynch Fraud (Media Crooks)

Two lessons from Vijay Mallya (Jaggi)

My life is a non-stop tragedy (J Mathrubootham)

Short Story: The Divine Pregnancy (Sagnik Datta)

The death of a dog (Anindita Ghose)

Secrets of the Konark Temple (Madras Courier)

SH Raza: Back to the Bindu (Open)

Mid-life crisis: What motorcycle? (Team BHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 20 July, 2018

Some off-beat reads for the weekend:

Everyone is smart except Trump (Spectator)

The ugly scandal that cancelled the Nobel Prize (Guardian)

Imran Khan : Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll (Open)

Why Indian Academia is like the caste system (MC)

How to survive America’s Kill List (Rolling Stone)

Organised Crime in South East Asia (SCMP)

The Bhopal disaster is still unfolding (Atlantic)

Yadav Vs Yadav (Gossip Guru)

Amartya Sen is well past the ‘Sell By Date’ (Jaggi)

Travelogue: Bolivia (NatGeo)

Manmatha Nath Dutt: The Lost Hero (Outlook)

What’s going on with Elon Musk? (Time)

TV News fellows are all the same (J Mathrubootham)

Frugal Holidaying Tips (TeamBHP)

Remembering Neeraj (Wire)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 13 July, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The staggering rise of India’s super rich (James Crabtree)

How Tata Nano took middle class India for a ride (DailyO)

The untold story of Syria’s Antifa Platoon (Rolling Stone)

Attack on Skull Island (GQ)

The endless reign of Rupert Murdoch (Monthly)

Poles apart (Guardian)

Inhuman Resources (HP)

Inside X (Wired)

Booming snake business of China (SCMP)

Piyush Goyal’s silent victory (Gossip Guru)

Fighting Section 377, stupidly (Abhijit Iyer-Mitra)

The Progressive Arts Group (Madras Courier)

We are a country of fools (J Mathrubootham)

When are you giving the good news? (Ramjaane)

‘Find your passion’ is awful advice (Atlantic)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 06 July, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

‘Sanju’ can’t rewrite the evil 1993 plot (Sekhar Gupta)

The George Soros philosophy and its fatal flaw (Guardian)

Thread: Silicon Valley & the Soviet Union (Anton Troynikov)

The incredible Buddha Boy (GQ)

Spare me the good Hindu (Hartosh Singh Bal)

India’s Rihanna (BI)

Can Jawa beat Royal Enfield? (Team BHP)

Subramaniam Swamy’s No to Governorship (Gossip Guru)

Kings & Soldiers (Swarajya)

History: Sada Kaur (Dawn)

The strange life and death of Shoko Asahara (SCMP)

Quiche Quiche Hota Hai (J Mathrubootham)

Muslin-The finest ancient fabric (Madras Courier)

Homeward Diary (Outlook)

My late father Kushwant Singh (Mala Dayal)