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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Mystery of the exiled Billionaire Whistle Blower (NYTimes)

How the heroin trade explains US failure in Afghanistan (Guardian)

The histroy and politics behind Trump’s Jerusalem decision (ATimes)

The new Dalit Panthers (Rahul Pandita)

Bhima Koregaon (Open)

The ‘P’ word (Caravan)

Is everything you know about depression wrong? (Guardian)

A solo backpacker’s guide to Cambodia (TeamBHP)

India’s highest bungee jumping point (NatGeo)

If you can’t say No, you are a Slave (Thought Catalog)

What nonsense,French Fries? (J Mathrubootham)

Aunties of Kitty Party (Arre)

In Photos: What kids eat around the world (Time)

Urvashi Pitre: The “Butter Chicken” Lady (New Yorker)

Professor Shonku Diary (Outlook)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Donald Trump didn’t want to be President (NYMag)

The Spanish Dancer who became an Indian Queen (Mint)

Cigar from outer space (Dilip DSouza)

Why there won’t be a revolution in Iran (ATimes)

India’s cinema popcorn may get cheaper (BI)

Inside Silicon Valley’s sex parties (Vanity Fair)

Making China great again  (New Yorker)

The Nanking Massacre (SCMP)

The Bloody clash that changed Britain (Guardian)

Zubaida Tariq: Pakistan’s favourite grand mother (Scroll)

Elephant Man (P Sainath)

Maa Ka Phone Aaya (Vishal Dayama)

Where Black is never beautiful (Tia Basu)

Why didn’t I get an unique name? (J Mathrubootham)

The best places to travel in 2018 (T&L)

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

What’s it like to become a crypto currency millionaire (NYMag)

How Obama let Hezbollah off the hook (Politico)

Who killed Benazir Bhutto? (Dawn)

The Oxford Degree that rules Britain (Guardian)

Meet Alex, the Russian Casino Hacker (Wired)

Recalling Singapore’s forgotten unions (ATimes)

The Warlike Bodhisattvas (Open)

The Englishman who stayed back as a judge in India (Scroll)

Letter from India: The Newlyweds (Harpers)

How an Isuzu car buyer got screwed (MC)

Maiden trip to Arunachal Pradesh (TeamBHP)

Tamasha: Transformed but still travelling (Rural India)

Mt. Everest Deaths: Deliverance from 27,000 feet (NYTimes)

My runaway mother (Tia Basu)

In Photos: Living with a ‘Love Doll’ in Japan (WP)

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

Modi Ji, Thank you for ending my has been status (Mani Shankar Aiyar)

Crony Capitalism has won in the 2G scam (Swarajya)

Betting in Cricket to be legal soon in India (BI)

A personal journey in the mental map of Bharat (Rahul Pandita)

Wealthy nannies love Billion $ unicorns (ATimes)

Why Afghanis hate Pakistanis (Dawn)

The scientist who killed the most people in history (Atlantic)

A road trip in Switzerland (TeamBHP)

History in a Glenlivet Bottle (Nat Geo)

A chat with Salman Rushdie (Open)

Gossip: The next CM of Gujarat (Gossip Guru)

Atal Bihari Vaypayee seen in public after ages (HuffPost)

The best movies you missed in 2017 (Wired)

Kathmandu Diary (Outlook)

Whisky’s most powerful man (Fortune)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Manchester City’s plan for global domination (Guardian)

How I went from a Governor’s office to a Jail Cell (NYTimes)

In China,a 3 digit score can determine your place in Society (Wired)

Silk road fever grips Russian Far East (ATimes)

Millenials are screwed (HP)

China’s selfie obsession (New Yorker)

The incredible journey of Nepal’s teen golf sensation (SCMP)

Karan Johar is the newest love guru in town (Newslaundry)

On the Sacred Thread (Outlook)

Congress Treachery (Media Crooks)

Travelogue: Megalaya (TeamBHP)

Anandiben’s ire (Gossip Guru)

Code Red: Visible hand of Dadar market (Rural India)

Best books of 2017 (Open)

10 Human Body Tricks (BrightSide)