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Some offbeat reads for the weekend:

How it feels to lose $30,000 in bitcoin (Wired)

There never was a real tulip bubble (Smithsonian)

Asia braces for US rate hikes (Asia Times)

The war against Pope Francis (Guardian)

The 2017 Raid De Himalaya (TeamBHP)

Pakistan, the Land of the Intolerant (Mohammed Hanif)

Four Everyday designs that are pukka Indian (Scroll)

Meet the Dogfather of Mumbai (YS)

The Oxford of Gujarat (Mint)

How Mumbai police tracked down Pallavi’s killer (Rahul Pandita)

How Udipi hotels unwittingly curbed caste segregation (Scroll)

Some unknown facts about Bangalore that are hard to believe (Quora)

It was never love (Dr. Irfan Zafar)

How Tintin led a Belgian anthropologist to Java (SCMP)

Pranab Dada: Re-Hinduising Congress (Gossip Guru)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The inhuman treatment of Mumbai commuters (Counter Current)

Did Britain educate India? (Open)

Asia’s water wars (ATimes)

The Prophet of Germany’s new Right (NYTimes)

Why India needs  a Balochistan policy (Swarajya)

Why Rohingya will never be welcome in Myanmar (SCMP)

Pakistan: Coup Talk (Dawn)

The world’s first terrorists (Independent)

Road Trip: The Meghalaya Sojourn (TeamBHP)

The alternative Kishore Kumar playlist (Scroll)

This Londoner started a 4.4 Cr Vada Pav Business (YS)

Go anywhere on Earth in 60 minutes (Futurism)

Blany D’Souza – Mangalore’s Urban Gardener (BI)

The true story of the Death of Stalin (Smithsonian)

Book Review: Survival of the Prettiest (NYTimes)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Chinese tourists are changing the world (SCMP)

Why China got so angry with India (IE)

The fascinating history of Mysore Sandal Soap (BI)

Modinomics explained (Jaggi)

A Caste & Cultural war in Goa (Caravan)

When working from home doesn’t work (Atlantic)

Pakistan: The War Within (Diplomat)

Behind Saudi Arabia (Dawn)

Jackie Chan’s plans to keep on kicking (GQ)

Pune Villagers Vs Sunburn Festival (Scroll)

Why can’t we cure the common cold? (Guardian)

Travelogue: Machu Picchu, Peru (TeamBHP)

Best places to see the  Northern Lights (Smithsonian)

The Kangana-Hrithik drama (HP)

Mumbai Notebook (Anil Dharker)

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

Inside the Hate Modi industry (Rahul Pandita)

Doordarshan era anchors recall the past (Scroll)

Yashwant Sinha Ko Gussa Kyon Aaya (Jaggi)

The horrifically evil ISIS Wives (Alternet)

Life and violent death in China Town (SCMP)

Facebook’s war on free will (Guardian)

The inside story of the great Silicon Valley heist (Wired)

Special Report: The Break Up of Pakistan 1969-71 (Dawn)

What ever happened to the Russian Revolution? (Smithsonian)

Ownership Review: My 2017 Hyundai Verna Diesel (TeamBHP)

Rahul Gandhi’s money woes (Gossip Guru)

The untold story of Yusuf Meherally (BI)

Jain Couple’s embracing of monkhood is privilege, not sacrifice (HP)

The Good Snob (IQ)

Los Angeles Diary (Outlook)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Big Business got Brazil hooked onto junk food (NYTimes)

A 105 year old Japanese Doctor who studied longevity (Independent)

The Scotsman who knows India better than many of us (Rediff)

The College Try (California Sunday)

Escape from North Korea (SCMP)

Why nobody wants the Rohingya (Open)

The Left has turned on the Lady of Burma (Spectator)

The madness of Donald Trump (Matt Taibi)

The Professional fortunes of 2002 Godhra investigators (Caravan)

The ridiculous “Principles” of Ray Dalio (Charles)

History: How Sir M Visvesvaraya tamed Hyderabad’s floods (BI)

Travelogue: Bali (Team BHP)

Inside story of Cabinet reshuffle (Gossip Guru)

Food: Best dishes to try in Amritsar (Lonely Planet)

Toronto Diary (Outlook)