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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Russia won the World Cup (Guardian)

The greatest World Cup goals (Mint)

A Company built on a bluff (NYMag)

How much money do car dealers make in India? (TeamBHP)

Kamal Haasan: The Kejriwal of Tamil Nadu (Swarajya)

Bairam Khans of Congress (Jawed Naqui)

Tiger Selfies (SCMP)

The dangers of envying ‘perfect lives’ (Time)

The loneliness epidemic in urban India (Open)

Gone but not Deleted (Boston Mag)

Albert Einstein’s travel diaries (HP)

A tribute to Anthony Bourdain (Nat Geo)

The monotony of Eid (Arre)

Move over Cricket (J Mathrubootham)

Football Diary (Outlook)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Li Ka Shing’s advice (e27)

How I accidentally made my Mom a Bollywood star (NYTimes)

Yashin ( BBC)

Why Christian Missionaries hate Modi (Madhu Kishwar)

The man who lived (Snigdha Poonam)

What happens when a Doofus runs an Empire? (New Yorker)

Gambia: How to topple a Dictator (Guardian)

Why China doesn’t have a good football team (SCMP)

Why is Pakistan afraid of happy women (Dawn)

Why noone answers their phone anymore (Atlantic)

Thread: How I became a bride on a China rooftop (Shubnum Khan)

22 Brilliant Life Hacks (Brightside)

Lessons in infidelity from my aunt (Arre)

Back from Singapore (J Mathrubootham)

Modi & Rajini (Gossip Guru)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The reporter who took down an unicorn (NYMag)

How Britain let Russia hide its dirty money (Guardian)

Money, Muscle and D K Shivakumar (HP)

A new look inside Theranos’ dysfunctional corporate culture (Wired)

Trump is a better deal breaker than deal maker (New Yorker)

Spoof: Other 193 Countries start insulting Pence (Onion)

Road Trip :Gnathang, East Sikkim (Team BHP)

Sibling Parent (Arre)

Too much googly, Sir (J Mathrubootham)

Four Syrian Borders (Granta)

Marco Ferrarese: Italian travel writer (SCMP)

Hitler’s teeth confirmed he died in 1945 (Smithsonian)

Savarkar’s racial dream (Manu Pillai)

Asian Art using blockchain for verification & sales (ATimes)

Rajkumar Hirani on Sanju (Outlook)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The biggest crisis no one is talking about (Kotaku)

The true story of Yanny and Laurel (Wired)

Can Angry Hanuman serve as a prophecy for 2019? (Rahul Pandita)

Bengal’s bloody Panchayat Polls (Jaideep Mazumdar)

The man who could shape Iraq’s future (Atlantic)

Blessing scams in Chinatown (SCMP)

The life of one of America’s bloodiest hitman (Buzzfeed)

Your new Pakistan (Dawn)

The ultimate sacrifice of Captain Mulla (BI)

How to eat candy like a Swede (New Yorker)

Has wine gone bad? (Guardian)

Scuba diving in Andaman & Nicobar (NatGeo)

Stop the Bhaiya-fication (Purba Ray)

The greatest mind in Madras (J Mathrubootham)

22 Gravity Defying Sculptures (Mind Circle)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How to make a fortune in the art market (SCMP)

The battle between Israel and Iran (Atlantic)

The price of getting inside Trump’s head (New Yorker)

Prison riot in Indonesia (ATimes)

A rebuttal to Dr. Manmohan Singh (Swarajya)

Fear and loathing in Aligarh (Open)

Violent Fridays (Media Crooks)

How Sudha Murthy travels (Nat Geo)

Manto- The chronicler of suffering (Dawn)

Why I pray despite being an atheist (Damian D’Souza)

Mathrubootham in Singapore (J Mathrubootham)

Bespoke shoes by Yohei Fukuda (Mint)

Do Bollywood stars pay for their wedding wear? (FS)

The best Netflix original movies (NYMag)

In Photos: The Bike Share oversupply in China (Atlantic)