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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Feb 07,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Taliban takes military dog hostage (Slate)

Swami Aseemanand’s radical service to the Sangh (Caravan)

Aadhar:Game Changer or Hype (Open)

The making of an IITian author (Tehelka)

Skirting the issue (Newslaundry)

The Dell Story:The Nastiest Tech buyout ever (ForbesIndia)

The rise and fall of orange juice (Atlantic)

Will your kid be a financial disaster? (MarketWatch)

Will Technology ruin us? (NewYorker)

What angers Swiss people (Smithsonian)

Bilawal Bhutto:The Renaissance Man (Economist)

The loneliness of Vladimir Putin (NewRepublic)

Travelogue:A week in Rajasthan (TeamBHP)

How fragile are emerging markets? (KennethRogoff)

RaGa’s Viva (GreatBong)

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A Marathi Hoarding

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Pimco’s Bill Gross’ Words of Warning to Investors

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Linkfest:Feb 07,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Prognosis Negative for India’s Ranbaxy (WSJ)

BPOs shun India (ET)

Telecom companies in trouble (FE)

SEBI specifies 20% circuit for stocks in index derivatives (Mint)

What are National Savings Certificate? (BeMoneyAware)

Preet Bhara:79 on 79 for insider trading cases (WSJ)

Lehman Brothers maybe sold Buffett a rainbow (Bloomberg)

Revenge of the Bond Kings (TRB)

When emerging markets stop emerging (DailyReckoning)

Startups: Female Founders (PaulGraham)

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Why India is amongst the most fragile 5 economies of the world

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