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Weekend Mega Linkfest:July 22,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The culture shock of ‘Kabali’ opening (Quint)

The Narasimha Rao they don’t want you to know (Charles)

The real heroes and real villains of 1991 (Swarajya)

What’s going wrong with Prashant Kishor (Open)

Michelle Obama Carpool Karaoke (YouTube)

Is the Indian VC party over? (Newslaundry)

A terrifying journey in the world’s most dangerous jungle (OO)

The American who became a Chinese Movie Star (NYTimes)

The fake factory that pumped real money (Bloomberg)

Pics:Maruti’s Manesar Factory (Team BHP)

Why Guru Purnima is unique to Hinduism (DailyO)

Thindi Beedi:Bengaluru’s Food Street (BI)

How a park in South Korea saved local fishing (NatGeo)

How to get verified by Twitter (GQIndia)

21 Greatest Travel photographs of the year (Telegraph)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: July 08,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Inside the Indian Justice Bazaar (Open)

The sexist attacks on Smriti Irani (Swarajya)

Swamy Vs Jaitley (MediaCrooks)

The amazing story of Anupriya Patel’s Twitter handle (NL)

ISIS, Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia (Alastair Cooke)

Was Bose alive in Soviet Russia in 1968? (Anuj)

How Darfur’s Royal Family fell from grace (Guardian)

The New Prostitution Economy (Vanity Fair)

How trees calm us down (New Yorker)

Auto Review: 2016 Audi Q7 (TeamBHP)

Megahalya’s Laitlum Canyons (BI)

The Best Travel Photos of 2016 (NatGeo)

Karachi Food Guide (Dawn)

Movie Review: Sultan (MaM)

Wun Wun didn’t need to die (Heart Ranjan)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: July 01,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The unravelling of Arvind Kejriwal (Open)

The real story of India’s reforms (Jaggi)

What Arnab’s Modi interview revealed (Caravan)

The quest to dethrone Nike (Bloomberg)

Why St.Stephen’s has failed as a college (DailyO)

Ravi Shastri Vs Sourav Ganguly (Scroll)

Aadhar: A quiet revolution (FF)

Reawakening Europe (Joschka Fischer)

The plight of Pakistan’s Ahmadis (HP)

The world’s most efficient languages (Atlantic)

Why the tomato was feared in Europe (Smithsonian)

How exercise shapes you beyond the gym (NYMag)

Auto Review:Mercedes-Benz GLC Class (Team BHP)

10 Indian Ads that won at Cannes 2016 (BI)

Delhi Food Guide (NatGeo)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: June 24,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Who the hell are Hindus? (Devdutt Pattanaik)

Why ‘Udta Punjab’ works (Manu Joseph)

Gadkari’s Dubai dreams has Mumbai worried (Wire)

The long road to Brexit (FP)

5 Simple Budgeting strategies that bring real results (LifeHacker)

Omar Mateen-Always agitated,always mad (NYTimes)

Disowning Salman Bhai,Finally (HP)

Rajnikanth’s new movie makes 200 Cr.Before Release. (GQ)

America’s Brexit moment is coming (Atlantic)

Disney’s Shanghai Dream (New Yorker)

Startup Story: NinjaCart (YS)

Why I flew down from Peru to work in a Indian Startup (OC)

Travelogue :A day in Paris (TeamBHP)

Gossip:Journalist gets 5 Crores (Gossip Guru)

Obiturary: Niel O’Brien-Father of Indian Quizzing (Scroll)

 

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: June 10,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How to write a Saas-Bahu saga (Caravan)

India’s deadly entrance exams (Shashi Tharoor)

How Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali (New Yorker)

The Architect who built the world’s tallest building (Chicago Mag)

What makes the Stanford rape case so unusual (Atlantic)

Lessons about China & Race from a detergent ad (New Yorker)

A Super Computer ready to mint money from Mexico’s stock market (Bloomberg)

Startup Story: CollarFolk (YS)

Gossip: Hooda meets Sonia (Gossip Guru)

10 Simple Self-Defence techniques everyone should know (BI)

5 Worst pieces of Nutrition Advice people believe (Poliquin)

Sairat’s Director’s ex-wife tells her story of abuse (Quint)

I captured the man who would be Pakistan’s Air Chief (NL)

The best beaches of South Goa (TeamBHP)

Jamun: The humble fruit (Scroll)