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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 22 February, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Modi played a weak hand in Trump’s Durbar (DH)

Delhi victory is a sign BJP is moving out of Modi’s shadow (Print)

Sambhal’s deadly cocktail of criminals and Jihadis (Organiser)

Why Qatar matters to India (First Post)

How Myanmar’s civil war impacts India (Scroll)

Europe in panic (Newsweek)

JD Vance at Munich Security Conference (Foreign Policy)

Wang Yi at Munich Security Conference (Pekingnology)

Trump’s plan for Gaza emboldens Israel (New Lines)

Trump’s Ukraine wake-up call (RT)

America’s betrayal of Ukraine is nothing new (Al Majalla)

Turkey is a dumping ground for Europe’s rubbish (Guardian)

Zionism is not Colonialism (TOI)

Could King Charles be the last UK monarch? (Spiked)

The fine art of losing friends (Hill Post)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 14 February, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How US destabilized Bangladesh (Gray Zone)

How Israel almost wiped out Hezbollah (JPost)

The man who exposed Switzerland’s dirty secrets (Guardian)

Jordan ready to challenge Trump (New Lines)

Why Trump’s tariffs are an economic masterplan (Unherd)

Thousands of US Govt workers are getting fired (Reuters)

What explains Christian evangelist Singh’s popularity? (Scroll)

AApocalypse (Open)

Telangana caste survey results poses dilemma for Congress (Print)

Lalu Prasad Yadav negotiated kidnapping ransom deals (OpIndia)

Arranged marriages in India turn to AI (Walrus)

India’s Special Frontier Force (ORF)

A Japanese sword’s reunion (Outside)

Drive: 10,000 km Pune to North East (Team BHP)

Travelogue: 10 Monasteries (Smithsonian)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 07 February, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The end of Palestine (Tablet)

Trump’s plan for Gaza (RT)

Trump’s policy on Iran (Newsweek)

Trump’s play for Greenland (National Interest)

Israel & Germany (Guardian)

Holocaust Envy (Spiked)

Hamas killed Thai nationals deliberately (TOI)

Shias under attack in Pakistan (First Post)

Iraq’s costly break from Washington (Cradle)

The dark world of Canadian immigration consultants (Walrus)

What differentiates BJP from Congress (Print)

Thread: USAID & Gandhi Family (Chronology)

The global rise of African music (New Lines)

When Leftists killed Presidents (Front Page)

Thread: The curse of Queen Alamelamma (Right Singh)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 24 January, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Realpolitik back in US foreign policy (IM 1776)

Israel just lost a war (TOI)

Foolish Lady Bishop Vs Trump ( Front Page)

The Left hysteria over Trump (USA News)

Thread: Manipur Crisis (Maj Rawat)

2025 will be a lean year for Indian politics (Print)

The menace of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants (First Post)

The forgotten Maoist war in Bastar (Scroll)

Pakistan is losing its Glaciers (New Lines)

Syria’s future depends on the Kurds (NI)

Profile: T K Radha (IAS)

Thread: The evil Jihadi Aurangzeb (Savitri M)

Vedic Wisdom needs to be lived (Maria Wirth)

Drive: Kolkata to Aurangabad (Team BHP)

Letting go of reading goals anxiety (Walrus)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 17 January, 2025

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

India’s nuanced Afghanistan Policy (First Post)

Murder in Maharashtra (Print)

Will Trump blow up TurkStream ? (RT)

What the Palestinian victory celebrations mean (TOI)

Israeli attack on Iran in 2025 (JPost)

The challenges facing Syria’s Alawites (New Lines)

Strategic blunder by the Houthis (NI)

Lithuania’s provocative remark about Kaliningrad (AK)

Thread: How FSB killed terrorist Black Arab (Sputnik India)

Tokyo Drift (Guardian)

The murky world of Psychological counselling in India (Scroll)

The Enemy Within (Open)

Thread: How to reverse aging (Scott Jag)

Meeting with Devraha Baba, the ageless Yogi (Maria Wirth)

Thread: Bike Ride in Assam & Meghalaya (Zishaan Hayath)