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Weekend Mega Linkfest:June 07,2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

What to do during primate visiting hours (Open)

A white knight on a dark horse (Tehelka)

How Hindutva lost coastal Karnataka (Caravan)

Kissa IPL contract ka (Newslaundry)

I was being called a broker when I was the innovator (ForbesIndia)

The time to trust Pakistan is long gone (IDR)

Can Starbucks do for the croissant what it did for the coffee (Smithsonian)

Addicted to internet pornography? (Atlantic)

Carl Icahn:What I do is good for America (Forbes)

Erdogan:Democrat or Sultan? (Economist)

The Cyber war between the US and Iran (VanityFair)

When the beautiful game turns ugly (ESPN)

A Yale Professor as a murder suspect (NYTimes)

Facebook wall of Nitish Kumar (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Corbett-Kumaon-Nainital (TeamBHP)

The pros and cons of being Dharmendra (Jabberwock)

No Claim bonus:How to save on your insurance premiums (TeamBHP)

Maxed out on Everest  (NationalGeographic)

The hypocrisy of Narendra Modi’s detractors (Firstpost)

Movie Review:Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani (VigilIdiot)

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Inside Germany’s ghost port

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Humor Quora

Why are Indian girls crazy about pani puri?

(Hat tip Ajay)

Q:Why are Indian girls crazy about pani puri?

A.In the Mahabharata, as soon as Draupadi was married to the Pandava brothers, she was taken to their house. Kunti was worried that her daughter-in-law might create a rift amongst her sons by showing extra affection to one over the other. It was tough times and she also wanted to see whether this new bride would be able to successfully manage resources. So she decided to test her

Kunti gave her just enough dough (atta)  to make one puri and told her to satisfy the hunger of all five of her sons. There was also some left over potato masala from last night. It was then that the ingenious Draupadi invented Pani Puri. This also goes on to explain why every standard plate has 5 pieces. Kunti was so amazed with her daughter-in-law’s creativity that she blessed her dish with immortality.

Thus every Indian girl eating pani puri secretly wishes for a good husband and wants to show to the 5 men ogling her at a pani puri wala that she is more than capable of being a good wife..

Hope your intellect is satisfied. And on a more serious note, your intellect needs to get a life.-by Jaganathan Abhinav in Quora

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5Stocks

5 Stocks that fell by more than 35% in May 2013

This post is in continuation with my 5 Stocks Series (see here)

5 Stocks that fell by more than 35% in May 2013 are given below:

Symbol Close on 30 April, 2013 Close on 31 May, 2013 Loss
MICROTECH 17.9 6.6 -63.13%
WINSOMEDJ 15.45 8.25 -46.60%
OPTOCIRCUI 58.45 31.65 -45.85%
AGCNET 111.8 68.05 -39.13%
TULIP 20.1 12.85 -36.07%
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Investor Presentation:GMR Infra Q4 FY2013

This post is in continuation of my Investor Presentation Series (see here)

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