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Weekend Mega Linkfest:18 September,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Jyothi Reddy: From a farm laborer to an IT millionairess (YS)

The growing tribe of India’s super rich households (Forbes)

Burning down Mickey Mouse (Medium)

Who killed the 20th Century’s greatest spy? (Guardian)

Angela Merkel and the revival of Germany (Guardian)

How Homo Naledi changes the story of human evolution (NG)

Netaji: Understanding Mamata’s timing (One India)

Why Kashmir marathon was a disaster (DailyO)

The return of rage in Kashmir (Open)

Hero Motocorp’s big battle (Outlook Business)

Why Nandan Nilekani’s sales pitch for Aadhar is hard to buy (NL)

Top 20 selling Car models in India in August 2015 (Team BHP)

How an 18th Century philosopher helped solve my midlife crisis (Atlantic)

Don’t build that killer app just yet (Forbes)

How food became religion in Lima,Peru (Smithsonian)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: September 11,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

We got into IIT/IIM.Our kids won’t  (Sajith Pai)

Fake Currency:How RAW is turning the heat on Pakistan (OneIndia)

The siege of Herbalife (Fortune)

What happens after you book a car (Team BHP)

Why I put my wife’s career first (Atlantic)

All scientists should be militant atheists (New Yorker)

From Rs.240 to Rs. 20 Crore (YS)

Thyrocare:Testing new waters in medical diagnostics (Forbes)

An extraordinary story of 5 Colonial Indians (Wire)

Devendra Fadnavis Vs Sharad Pawar (DailyO)

Gossip: 3 Mistakes of Rahul Gandhi (1, 2,3)

Full On Bollywood Gossip (Fashion Scandal)

How ministers milk PSUs for ads and sponsorships (Newslaundry)

China’s focus on football (Guardian)

Documentary Watch:Battle of Stalingrad (You Tube)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:September 04,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

14 Companies that caught Ratan Tata’s eye (Quint)

Top lies spread by Indian media in August 2015 (OpIndia)

Let’s call Pakistan’s nuclear bluff (DailyO)

How Trump invented Trump (Bloomberg)

Why Naresh Goyal is smiling (Forbes)

Thai Commercials:Great at making people cry (Atlantic)

A refugee’s odyssey from Syria to Sweden (Guardian)

The fortune teller of Kabul (Guardian)

Travelogue:Chattisgarh Chronicles (TeamBHP)

13 untold truths about selling to schools in India (Rodinhoods)

Insurance startup Coverfox gets 14 M$ funding (YS)

Some tales of Muslim Conversion to Hindus (Wire)

Why you hate Google’s new logo (New Yorker)

Why drivers in China intentionally kill pedestrians they hit (Slate)

How to save on your car insurance premiums (TeamBHP)

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Mega Linkfest:August 28,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

1965 War:The Last Gentleman’s War (Maroof Raza)

Using microwave to make diamonds (Bloomberg)

The illusion of liquidity (Satyajit Das)

How Congress MP Vijay Darda forwarded his business interests (NL)

Hardik Patel has no future in Indian politics (DailyO)

Pervert Arnab (MediaCrooks)

Sugar Daddies Explained (GQ)

Dubai Real Estate (Outlook Business)

Auto Talk:The best SUV for Indian roads (Team BHP)

Travelogue:Sikkim (Team BHP)

The Emerging Markets Currency Rout (Project Syndicate)

Who was Shivaji? (Scroll)

Bulbul:An app for telling children stories (YS)

Why Modi chose Lohani to be Air India CMD (Gossip Guru)

16 Gorgeous shots of India in Hollywood movies (BuzzFeed)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:August 21,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

17 Bucket List Items ruined by real images (This World Rocks)

Congress:From here to where? (Open)

Aditya Puri:The driving force behind HDFC Bank (Forbes)

How Ranvir Sena killed Dalits (Newslaundry)

India’s deadly cities (Project Syndicate)

The question of who truly freed India (Caravan)

The Science behind Yoga and Stress (Uplift)

The married Kama Sutra (New Yorker)

The story of e-Commerce logistics company gojavas (YS)

Mothers of ISIS (Huffington Post)

Modern humans have become super predators (Smithsonian)

BBC Bigots (Media Crooks)

Travelogue:Parambikulam Tiger Reserve (Team BHP)

Gossip:Why Mulayam went soft on Modi (Gossip Guru)

The most WTF moments of 2015 so far (Buzz Feed)