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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Punjab looks to kick out the Badals (Caravan)

The world according to The Donald (Brahma)

Tiger Parents,beware ! (Economist)

The heroism of incremental care (Dr.Atul Gawande)

How demonetisation affected the Hawala trade (Swarajya)

A CEO Dilemma (Alok Kejriwal)

Why people in UP vote along caste lines (Scroll)

Religious Zealots throttle Kashmiri women (Wire)

Thailand’s “Banana Pancake” Trail (BootsNail)

Every successful relationship is successful for exact same reasons (Qz)

How to be a genius (James Altucher)

First World Yoga Names in Bollywood (Mint)

Gossip: Modi’s Basic Income Scheme (Gossip Guru)

Fascinating History of Rasgulla (BI)

How the 6th Punjab Battalion saved Poonch (Hindu)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

When the Feds went after Hedge Fund Legend Steve Cohen (New Yorker)

Badal’s Brother-in-law is Punjab’s Drug KingPin (Caravan)

The Buzzfeed Report that is making Trump go crazy (BuzzFeed)

Can Balasaheb Thackeray explain Trump? (NYTimes)

Jared Kushner’s rise to unimaginable power (NYMag)

BJP eyes Mumbai (DailyO)

The Crimes of Seal Team 6 (Intercept)

Death on the Hippie Trail in India (R&K)

You will get good enough (James Altucher)

Netflix wants the world to binge watch (BusinessWeek)

The Dangal-like story of Mahima Rathod (BI)

Bollywood Gossip (Masand)

Saint Streep Street (Media Crooks)

How some NRIs are making money in Nigeria (Fashion Scandal)

10 Best Shopping Destinations (Outlook)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Badals are taking Punjab for a ride (Wire)

Dhulagarh  and the media narrative (Great Bong)

The ground beneath India’s feet (Charles Assisi)

How the Berlin attack changed the country (Spiegel)

Is Emirates Airline running out of sky? (BusinessWeek)

History: Eichmann in Jerusalem (New Yorker)

The erasure of Islam from Rumi’s poetry (New Yorker)

How to identify assholes with this simple formula (Bullshit)

How ‘Friends’ triggered the downfall of Western Civilization (Medium)

How American journalists covered the rise of Hitler (BI)

Travelogue:Road Trip Bhutan (Team BHP)

What Varanasi taught me (Lucy Plummer)

How to reinvent yourself (James Altucher)

Secret of Lodha’s Diary (Gossip Guru)

Obituary:Om Puri  (Subhash Jha)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Rajat Sharma:India’s most powerful editor (Caravan)

Demonetization is ‘sickening’ and ‘immoral’ (Forbes)

Story of Sukh Sagar restaurants (YS)

Proptiger: No roar or bite (The Ken)

Why real estate in Kolkata is screwed up (Scroll)

Ramanujan and Magic Number 24 (Swarajya)

2 kind acts in 2016 (BI)

The Shia Militias of Iraq (Atlantic)

Otto Bell on Mongolia (Guardian)

Indus Treaty Interrupted (Dawn)

Sleepy Driving:Silent Killer on Indian Roads (Team BHP)

Spoof:Best Photojournalism of 2016 (Onion)

Why I quit my job and moved to Bangkok (NatGeo)

The last Marriage Broker (Open)

How would religions react if we made contact with aliens? (BBC)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The real truth about Aleppo (Independent)

Silicon Valley:Valley of Dolts (Outline)

Rant:We are F**king done with these Billion $ cos (AppDupe)

Politics:Betting on Behenji (Open)

Germany’s Kebab Murders (Guardian)

The Godfather Wars (Vanity Fair)

My President was Black (Atlantic)

The Graffiti kids who sparked the Syrian War (Globe & Mail)

The greatest self-help scammer of all time (Paleo)

How India went from world’s education capital to depths of illiteracy (IndiaFacts)

Travelogue:New Zealand’s South Island (TeamBHP)

The secret to doing what you love (James Altucher)

An Indian in search of the perfect cup of tea (DailyO)

Gossip:BJP-NCP Kichdi cooking (Gossip Guru)

Your Grandma was right about idlis (Swarajya)