Author: Raoji
Linkfest:Oct 21,2013
Some stuff I am reading today morning:
Secret CD blows lid of race fixing (MumbaiMirror)
Raghuram Rajan:Filtering out the real India (RBI)
Why India Inc should not cry wolf (Firstpost)
Saurabh Agarwal:The man who has cut deals for Tatas,Birlas (ET)
When SEBI dismissed North Block’s concerns about Jignesh Shah (BS)
Commie Media and anti-Hindu poison-Part 3 (Mediacrooks)
How our minds confuse skill and luck (CS)
Y Combinator applicant advice (Medium)
Switzerland curses America for making tax evasion unprofitable (Dealbreaker)
Talking Gold:The bigger picture (Climateer)
Just love the entrepreneurial spirit of this guy.
No Honor amongst thieves
NSEL ex-CEO Sinha now blames NSEL board
Weekend Mega Linkfest:Oct 18,2013
Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:
Travelling with the Indian sex tourist to Tashkent (Open)
The many charms of Sheila Aunty (Tehelka)
Japan’s tormented relationship with its modernity (Caravan)
Economist:Thriving in the age of digital media (ForbesIndia)
The Indian Army-What’s gone wrong (IDR)
India’s sanitation disaster (Outlook)
What happens when a language has no numbers (Slate)
The 4500 year old city of Mohenjo Daro is crumbling (Smithsonian)
The coming collapse of Arab monarchies (ForeignAffairs)
How Oreos work like cocaine (Atlantic)
The story behind Rahul Gandhis “Escape Velocity of Jupiter” remark (UnrealTimes)
9 Best conversations of my life (Rodinhoods)
How the Goldman Sachs cafeteria works (BI)
A new way to know whats trending on Twitter (Labnol)
Travelogue:Fortuner goes to Ladakh,Spiti and Leh (TeamBHP)
Portrait of an Afghan Assasin (MotherJones)
I got hired at a Bangladeshi sweatshop (TheStar)