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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 10 August, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Economic lessons from the Raj (Zareer Masani)

Indra Nooyi and the vanishing female CEO (New Yorker)

War without end (NYTimes)

Why Uighur Muslims are living in fear (Guardian)

Saudi Arabia Vs Canada (ATimes)

Sinking Kolkata (Rafia Zakaria)

The bitter truth about Honey (Bibek Debroy)

Rahul Gandhi may lose Amethi (Gossip Guru)

How a Mumbai teen tracked down a phone thief (BI)

Why Indians never change career paths (Arre)

Things I thought I knew (Nick Clooney)

The Baburnama (Madras Courier)

Kama Rajya (Devdutt Pattanaik)

Naveen Patnaik : Novice to Novelty (Outlook)

Obituary: M Karunanidhi (Mint)

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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)