Day: November 29, 2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Angela Merkel became the world’s most powerful woman (NewYorker)

Congress politicians:Out of sight (Open)

Smriti Irani:She rings the school bells (Outlook)

Left,right and Tejpal (Newslaundry)

How a triad scripted the turnaround for DSP Blackrock (ForbesIndia)

Spicejet likely to go the way of Kingfisher (MoneyLife)

Prospering in India’s aviation market (Economist)

The death and rebirth of the American Mall (Smithsonian)

Anita Sakeesian:The gaming industry’s greatest adversary (BusinessWeek)

The ghosts of Bhopal (TorontoStar)

The inside story of the withdrawal of Tarun Tejpal’s invitation to TOI Litfest (UnrealTimes)

2014:Best enthusiast cars in India (TeamBHP)

The geopolitical impact of cheap oil (Feldstein)

Islamabad is dysfunctional (Irfan Husain)

What is it like to make millions trading? (Quora)