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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Amazon rebuilt itself around artificial intelligence (Wired)

How GE went from American icon to astonishing mess (Bloomberg)

View from Pakistan on Padmaavat (Haroon Khalid)

Were the guests impressed? (Dawn)

The masterminds of Amit Shah (Gossip Guru)

Italy: Migrants are more profitable than drugs (Guardian)

Spoof: Guantanamo inmates cheer Trump (The Onion)

Felix Salmon and journalistic pay disparity (The Awl)

Profile: Vir Das (SCMP)

Alleppey: The Venice of the East (TeamBHP)

My Bambaiyya Hindi is better than your North Indian Hindi (Arre)

The only happy adult life is between marriage & first child (J Mathrubootham)

Don’t give your teens alcohol (Offspring Hacker)

On pole fitness (Mint)

Gandhi Smriti Diary (Outlook)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Raising kids in Delhi’s worsening air (New Yorker)

Facebook begins it’s downward spiral (Vanity Fair)

How to win Founders and influence everybody (Wired)

Venezuela’s Most Wanted (NYTimes)

The event that turned Pakistan (Nadeem Paracha)

Is Modi planning an early Lok Sabha elections this year? (Scroll)

The fallen homes of Anantapur (Rural India)

Being Deepika Padukone (Open)

Gainful Pakodas (Media Crooks)

The booming wig trade between India & Africa (Caravan)

Gossip: Sheila Dixit’s autobiography (Gossip Guru)

Tripura’s best kept travel secret (BI)

15 Lessons from the Dalai Lama (Brightside)

Diaries of a Lit Fest Rookie (Arre)

Who said youth is best? (J Mathrubootham)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Beyond the Bitcoin bubble (NYTimes)

The Fall of Uber’s Founder Travis Kalanick (BusinessWeek)

The women who took on the Mafia (New Yorker)

How to save the African National Congress (Atlantic)

The Beatles magical mystery tour of India (Mint)

Gang of Four (Media Crooks)

Road Trip: 5000 Kms in New Zealand (TeamBHP)

History: The Moplah Revolt (Swarajya)

North Korea exposed (SCMP)

Time running down on Thailand’s junta (ATimes)

Cancer Diagnosis from a Blood Test? (Wired)

What failing CA exams 8 times taught me about life (Arre)

Take all my money (J Mathrubootham)

Mumbai Notebook (Anil Dharker)

Life Changing trips for couples (T&L)

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)