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Weekend Mega Linkfest:13 August, 2021

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Aap Log Rona Band Kijiye (Pratheek Bhat)

Neeraj Chopra’s road to gold (Mint)

What the West must learn from China ( Marshall Auerback )

America’s epic Afghan failure (RT)

A journey through Turkey’s drowning landscape (Magnum)

The cruelty of Australia’s endless lockdown (Unherd)

How Chinese hackers targeted Israel (MIT Tech Review)

How Fed based digital currency can change fortune of America (Tascha)

How I used Naval’s advice to make $1 Million online (Andrew Kirby)

Who is responsible for Messi’s exit from Barcelona?(Al Jazeera)

Forgiving Jaskirat Sidhu (Macleans)

A Burning Bird (O Thiam Chin)

Adda: The secret to Bengali conviviality (BBC)

The genius of Nilakantha Somayaji (Indian History)

How old is Hindu civilization? (Open)

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Linkfest: 13 August, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

FM Sitharaman: No question of pulling back liquidity (BS)

Vodafone Idea tell SC it will go under (Rediff)

Former Paytm director urges SEBI to block IPO (BT)

Vinod Dasari quits Eicher Motors (BW)

Edtech Eruditus now valued at $ 3.2 Billion (FE)

Can Go First keep flying? (Forbes)

What’s happening with Gold? (DR)

Bitcoin’s increasing value is its real failure (Marker)

How investors lost Millions on Bill Ackman’s SPAC (II)

Inside the Coronavirus haul of a Wall Street whiz (Forbes)

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Linkfest: 12 August, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

BSE clarifies on Add-on Price Band framework (BS)

Karan Adani: Acquiring Concor will be a breeze (BL)

Distribution reforms to recharge India’s power sector (FE)

Crypto Market tops $2 Trillion again (Decrypt)

Gas Prices hit 7 year high (CNBC)

Interview with Nikhil Kamath (MC)

My biggest investing goof-ups (Larissa Fernand)

NFT experiences are the next Big thing (A VC)

End of the line for Uber (Marker)

Much of history hangs by a thread (Morgan Housel)

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Linkfest: 11 August, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Tata Sons to make semiconductors (MC)

Reliance forays into energy storage business (BS)

Red tape delaying disinvestment plans (Fortune)

Nykaa leading the charge of D2C brands (CNBC)

Has the NFT bubble already burst? (Forbes)

How did the PolyNetwork hacker steal $ 600 Million? (Decrypt)

The Rushmore Yardstick (Anand Sridharan)

Optionality of Cash (Ankush Agarwal)

How Apollo created a new private asset class (Institutional Investor)

Marrying your equal is better than marrying rich (Financial Samurai)

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Linkfest: 10 August, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Indian banks have a plan to save Vodafone (Rediff)

Glenmark Life falls below IPO price (BS)

On the IPO markets in India (Equirus)

NSE IFSC to introduce trading in US stocks (MC)

Startup: Naagin (Forbes)

Status Monkeys (Not Boring)

A World is awash in Capital (Barry Ritholtz)

Magic Beans (TRB)

Other People’s mistakes (Morgan Housel)

The end of the office (Seth Godin)