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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)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The gambler who made Billions on the horse races (Bloomberg)

How Ferrero Rocher became a status symbol for immigrant families (Thrillist)

On Facebook’s struggles to contain Hate speech (SCMP)

The ‘Strongman Era’ is here (Ian Bremmer)

The extra ordinary Sukumar Sen (BI)

Murder at the Alcatraz (Atavist)

The mystery of the Killer Vacation (GQ)

The Iran deal is absurd (Atlantic)

The rise of Russia’s neo-Nazi hooligans (Guardian)

An assassination in Malaysia (ATimes)

Spoof: N Korea & S Korea team up to invade Italy (Onion)

What do you know about tragedy? (J Mathrubootham)

Indian Summer as a traveller’s tale (Open)

Reviving the art of watch making in Bengaluru (Qz)

Surat’s forgotten cemeteries (Wire)

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)