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Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

How the Arab World came apart (NYTimes)

The Un-Indian Civil Service (Shashi Tharoor)

India in 70 Ideas (Tunku)

In praise of failure (Ben Evans)

How the World Bank’s biggest critic became its President (Guardian)

Is Pakistan isolated? (Dawn)

How to start a startup (Sanjeev Bhikchandani)

My pre-worshipped BMW 328i (Team BHP)

Why are Indians not honoring their drinking heritage? (DailyO)

The Kolhapuri Chappal is dying (Outlook)

World’s oldest gold object (Smithsonian)

Gossip: Stash of cash for AAP party (Gossip Guru)

Hrithik Roshan: A fading star (Mint)

Why self-help Guru James Altucher owns only 15 things (NYTimes)

Science reveals how to take the perfect vacation (Tech Insider)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The inside story of the world’s biggest financial scandal (Guardian)

How does Rajinikanth make his money? (Outlook)

Why e-commerce consolidation is no panacea (Haresh Chawla)

Politics:The battle for Punjab (Open)

Startup Story:JungLEADz (Sheroes)

The story of the youngest Indian girl to climb Mt.Everest (BI)

Sanjna Kapoor:To the theatre born (Forbes)

The White House was built by slaves (Smithsonian)

As a Muslim finds harmony in OM (Dawn)

How Voltaire outsmarted the lottery (Laphams Quarterly)

Rant:Your husband allowed you to do this? (Jyoti Raghavan)

Gossip:Navjot Singh Sidhu and Amit Shah (Gossip Guru)

Facebook Wall: Arnab Vs Barkha (Unreal Times)

Ownership Review: Skoda Superb (Team BHP)

Hilarious mash-ups of Modi’s speeches (Scroll)

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)

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)

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)