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Weekend Mega Linkfest: March 31,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

If you aren’t rich by 45, you might as well give up (BI)

Is fat killing you, or is it sugar? (New Yorker)

5 stages of grief for Lutyen’s media (Great Bong)

The untold story behind Indira Gandhi’s decision to release 93,000 Pakistani Prisoners of War (Wire)

India’s first transgender school (Atlantic)

The religion that the Iranian Mullahs fear the most (Swarajya)

The Curse of the Bahia Emerald (Wired)

How Scott Adams got hypnotized by Trump (BusinessWeek)

Michelangelo & Sebastino (1843)

The sad economics of Internet Fame (Fusion)

Geopolitics: China encircling India (IE)

The Art of the Deal with the Taliban (NYTimes)

The Yoga Lesson (New Yorker)

Rahul Gandhi’s Oxford Venture (Gossip Guru)

Travelogue: Patiala Guide (NatGeo)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: March 24,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

DMart’s success is built on Drucker’s truth (Jaggi)

Will Roger Federer ever be done? (GQ)

ScootaCar: India’s first bubble car (TeamBHP)

Startup Story: Flock (YS)

Why Renault took 10 years to succeed in India (FF)

Here’s how you can get Jio Prime for free (DailyO)

Spoof: Military aides try to cheer up Kim Jong Un (Onion)

Food History: Dal (BI)

The Offbeat Guide to Bollywood in Mumbai (NatGeo)

Ethical Traveling (LuxTravel)

What your sleeping position reveals about your personality (Brightside)

The Unfinished Book of Family (IQ)

15 most useful Google Apps you never knew existed (Air Association)

Dreams & Age (Shruti Shah)

Fear,failure and shame (Seth Godin)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: March 17,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Narendra Modi-The Only One (Open)

How BJP came to power in Manipur (Caravan)

Domino’s $9 Billion Pizza Empire (Bloomberg)

The untold complete story of GoJavas & Pigeon (The Ken)

Meet the Parsi Baba (Scroll)

History: The Indian Navies of the 18th Century (IQ)

History: The Maratha Commander who captured Lahore (Swarajya)

Ownership Review: Skoda Octavia (TeamBHP)

Startup Story: Rent Pay (YS)

Gone Viral: Trailer of Baahubali 2 (YouTube)

The Shakespeare performers of Cubbon Park (BI)

7 Beaches for a perfect Indian Summer (NatGeo)

5 History Bites about your cup of Ceylon Tea (LuxTravel)

A stay in Lakshadweep (IQ)

18 Weird but brilliant inventions (Brightside)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: March 10,2017

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

Ambani has made the business world’s most aggressive bet (Economist)

The Amit Shah strategy in Uttar Pradesh (5Forty3)

Is it the end of the road for Maoists? (Rahul Pandita)

How long will the Trump Bull Market last (New Yorker)

Looking back on my journey from Bihar to US (Amitava Kumar)

Uber CEO Vs Uber Driver (Bloomberg)

The Dog Whistlers (Media Crooks)

Donald Trump’s worst deal (New Yorker)

The secret to material success (Forbes)

Seth Hukumchand’s 1919 Gold Daimler (TeamBHP)

Gossip: Shivpal Yadav’s tandav (Gossip Guru)

The changing Shillong (IQ)

Travelogue: Secrets of the North East (Nat Geo)

The 12 best chocolate shops in Paris (Lux Travel)

50 utterly unexpected facts about Japan (BrightSide)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: March 03,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The quiet rise of BSP in UP (Open)

The Rs.41,000 Crore trick called IMFL (Outlook)

Financiers fight over the American Dream (New Yorker)

The Mysteries of Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple (Mint)

Rajiv Gandhi Trust’s land grab (Swarajya)

Billionaire Robert Merer’s war on Mainstream Media (Guardian)

Trump,Putin and the new Cold War (New Yorker)

Veer Savarkar Unplugged (Mint)

The case for going to bed at 2:30 am (Vox)

Trump’s impact on Indian Marriage Market (Scroll)

Travelogue: Jungle Mahal,WB (TeamBHP)

Pakistan’s romance with Bollywood (DailyO)

The Magician from Madras (IQ)

The best India holidays to take in March (NatGeo)

18 Incredible things you can do only in Dubai (Brightside)