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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 27 April,2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why we should bulldoze the Business School (Guardian)

Real estate lobby rules Karnataka politics (Swarajya)

An embarrassment of saffron riches (Open)

10 Bullets for Karnataka (Media Crooks)

The IPS officer responsible for Asaram’s conviction (BI)

The downfall of Bill Cosby (Atlantic)

Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry (New Yorker)

Why Swaziland is now Kingdom of eSwatini (Smithsonian)

How death stalks policemen in Quetta (Dawn)

On getting weight reduction surgery (Medium)

Why Araku Valley is the Ooty of Andhra Pradesh (NatGeo)

The Secret Diary of a Saas-Bahu writer (Arre)

Are you playing games with Mr.Mathrubootham? (J Mathrubootham)

Painter to the King (Granta)

Crazy Marathons (Mint)

 

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 20 April, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How to get rich quick in Silicon Valley (Guardian)

Ambedkar on Gandhi (Swarajya)

How united is the front against Modi? (Open)

Too many men (Washington Post)

Who killed Tolstoy? (Granta)

Inside Rex Tillerson’s ouster (New Yorker)

Tiger Farms in Laos (SCMP)

Is the Japanese Yakuza headed for extinction? (ATimes)

Twists in the Football World Cup Tale (Mint)

In Photos: India’s most luxurious trains (BI)

On being accused as a Soviet Spy (J Mathrubootham)

Mumbai meri jaan (Arre)

Meet the wolves on Instagram (Guardian)

The best new shows on Netflix (HP)

Spoof: Tips for travelling solo (The Onion)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 13 April, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Israel & Iran headed for war in Syria (Atlantic)

The demise of the nation state (Rana Dasgupta)

Target : Journalist (Intercept)

How Netherlands feeds the world (NatGeo)

Hindutva politics in Dakshsina Kannada (Open)

The murder that shook Iceland (Guardian)

Rohingyas Vs Bangladeshis (Caravan)

Did drinking give me breast cancer? (Mother Jones)

A new face of Piyush Goyal (Gossip Guru)

Lalu’s chickens (Media Crooks)

7 lesser known facts about Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (HP)

Calcutta Food Trail (Nat Geo)

4 Types of Momsplains (Arre)

On wasting time in Clubs (J Mathrubootham)

Road Trip: AP & Telangana (TeamBHP)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 06 April, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The 50,000 Crores over invoicing scam (Caravan)

When will Britain face up to its crimes against humanity (Guardian)

The ISIS Files (NYTimes)

China’s debt time bomb (ATimes)

The Nintendo King and the mid-life crisis (Wired)

Interview with the Saudi Crown Prince (Atlantic)

Cricket : The Nationalist Game (Shashi Tharoor)

The end of our montage (Sudhir Mishra)

Salman Khan’s conviction is a victory to be proud of (Swati Thiyagarajan)

The broken dreams of Nitish Kumar (Gossip Guru)

Travelogue: Hawaii (Team BHP)

Country means we must adjust, no?  (J Mathrubootham)

The misery of my miscarriage (Kohl Girl)

Singapore Diary (Outlook India)

10 things that happen if you walk everyday (Brightside)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 28 March, 2018

Some off beat reads for the long long weekend:

Is it time for the Jews to leave Europe? (Atlantic)

The Putin-Xi era (ATimes)

Interview with Amit Shah (You Tube)

The ultimate conversation on healthy eating (Grub Street)

Who wants to defame Yogi ? (Gossip Guru)

Ilayaraja,Jesus and Ramana (Swarajya)

A lurking prejudice (Jawed Naqwi)

The lives of others (Yasser Usman)

Sinister Vs Meek (Media Crooks)

Giraffes slip into endangered species list (Smithsonian)

72 Hours in Moscow (Nat Geo)

14 stories of kindness (Brightside)

“You are a good girl, na? ” (Arre)

Remembering Ek, Do, Teen (J Mathrubootham)

Yuri Gagarin-The first man in space (RT)