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Weekend Mega Linkfest: March 09, 2018

Some off beats for the weekend:

The murder of Kim Jong-Nam (SCMP)

The China-India Tango (Dawn)

Buddhists Vs Muslims in Sri Lanka (ATimes)

How S P Mookerjee saved Bengali Hindus from annihilation (Swarajya)

Gray Hat: Marcus Hutchins (NYMag)

Operation Bayonet (Wired)

Travelogue: Andaman (TeamBHP)

Ghulam Nabi and Naag Devata (Gossip Guru)

Meet iconic architect Balkrishna Doshi (BI)

55 photos of girls going to school all over the world (HP)

Food Trail in Madhya Pradesh (NatGeo)

Our mothers, the reluctant feminists (Arre)

Time to call idiots ‘idiots’ (J Mathrubootham)

Kashi Diary (Sharman Joshi)

The brilliant ad by Ashok Leyland for Women’s Day (You Tube)

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Video

The pathetic selling skills of Aditya Puri

The shop keepers are unconvinced by HDFC Bank MD Aditya Puri’s hustling skills.

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The Geniuses at Liberty House

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Links

Linkfest: 09 March, 2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Donald Trump signs sweeping Tariff orders (Mint)

Bond investors upset (BS)

Mutual Fund inflows in Feb (Quint)

Will alcohol come under GST? (Rediff)

J P Morgan warns stocks can correct by 40% (CNBC)

China’s “Dirty Steel” secret (Zero Hedge)

The SEC lowers the boom on Bitcoin (DR)

Gold-The next big surprise (Macro Tourist)

Blockchain is meaningless (The Verge)

Nothing is “standard” (A VC)

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Observations

Ratan Tata: The Passion Shows

Photo Source: Hormazd Sorabjee

 

In 1998-Indica is unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show

In 2018-Electric Sedan in unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show

Ratan Tata’s passion for autos shows in his obvious happiness at both the events, spaced 20 years apart.

Reminds me of the Ghalib’s famous couplet:

Ishq par zor nahi, hai ye woh aatish, Ghalib,
Jo lagae na lage or bujhae na bujhe

Translated:

You can’t force love, it’s that fire

You can’t ignite by force nor extinguish it by choice