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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Dr.A P J Abdul Kalam on the inter-linking of rivers (India CF)

The return of Anna Hazare (Open)

AAP’s mess in Punjab (DailyO)

Will the Cauvery be a political grave for the Congress (NL)

How did Ganesh Chaturthi become a Kolkata festival? (Scroll)

4 Reasons you should pay attention to ISRO’s successful launch (Wire)

Israel: A House Divided (Outlook)

Interview with Vladimir Putin (Bloomberg)

Why Ariana Huffington left the Huffington Post (Vanity Fair)

The story of how Theranos imploded (Vanity Fair)

How the NYT Restaurant Critic writes his reviews (New Yorker)

Driven: Audi A4 (TeamBHP)

3 Indian Mobile apps that are transforming lives (BI)

Photos: What is Aleppo?This is Aleppo (Atlantic)

Gossip: Anurag Thakur stinged (Gossip Guru)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How to legally own another person (Nassim Taleb)

The Mysore Sandal Soap turns 100 (IndiaCF)

The good,bad and ugly of Reliance Jio (Wire)

The “sharing economy” is dead (Fast Company)

Will Amazon kill Fedex? (BusinessWeek)

Life Lessons from Infosys’s Kris Gopalakrishnan (FF)

Yuja Wang and the art of performance (New Yorker)

The paradox of Syria’s civil war (NYTimes)

Why Nehru refused a permanent seat at the UN (Wire)

Driven:Jaguar F-Pace (TeamBHP)

Trek to the Valley of Flowers (TeamBHP)

Gossip:400 Laborers impressed by PM (Gossip Guru)

A Pakistani looks back on her time in India (BI)

Corrupt Kejriwal (Media Crooks)

This Mangalore College has absurd new rules (BuzzFeed)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why India is the true victor at the Olympics (Theodore Dalrymple)

Bihar’s war on alcohol (HP)

Khursheed,a Kashmiri Jawan,took 8 bullets for India (Quint)

How one tweet led Syrians to Germany (Guardian)

Rare picture of Mahatma Gandhi & Dalai Lama (Twitter)

How this 29 year old built a 180 Crore solar business (YS)

How the European harmonium become synonymous with Indian music? (Scroll)

Why the US President needs a council of Historians (Atlantic)

What drives Great Britain’s medal machine (Spectator)

In Photos:African Slavery in Iran (Guardian)

Research: Being lazy is sign of high intelligence (Independent)

The most exclusive restaurant in America (New Yorker)

Travelogue:Drive to Tawang (TeamBHP)

Mulayam Vs Akhilesh Yadav (Gossip Guru)

Naga girl fights racism with poetry (BI)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

From Rohtak to Rio (Quint)

How Karnataka CM Siddharamaiah saved his chair (Gossip Guru)

Split in Royal Indian Navy in 1947 had serious repercussions (Swarajya)

How imperfections can bring down Michaelangelo’s David (NYTimes)

The search for the Nazi Gold Train (Smithsonian)

The story of Gilgit Baltistan (IE)

The era of ‘The Bitch’ is coming (Atlantic)

The blind man who taught himself to see (Men’s Journal)

The Detectives who never forget a face (New Yorker)

The Conspiracy that brought Putin to power (GQ)

Who are our heroes and role models? (FF)

Travelogue:To Pondicherry in a Thar (TeamBHP)

Aam Aadmi Party indulges in ‘Internet Shaming’ (Scroll)

Movie Review: Kismath (Wire)

9 heart warming Raksha Bhandhan ads (BI)

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)