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Linkfest:June 10, 2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

The real reason behind Congress decimation in Gujarat (Firstpost)

How Reliance moves before, on and one week after AGM (Moneycontrol)

Built in one month flat (BusinessLine)

Investors shun education stocks (Mint)

Living happily ever after (Subramoney)

Jose De La Vega’s investing rules circa 1688 (CrossingWallStreet)

John Bogle has won (InvestmentNews)

I am so sure Japan is screwed that I am converting my mortgage to yen (BI)

Downside:After the returns stop diminishing (DailyReckoning)

Portfolio Manager’s first mistake was hiring a guy whose hobbies included insider trading club (Dealbreaker)

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How behavioral science can lower your energy bill

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:June 07,2013

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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

What to do during primate visiting hours (Open)

A white knight on a dark horse (Tehelka)

How Hindutva lost coastal Karnataka (Caravan)

Kissa IPL contract ka (Newslaundry)

I was being called a broker when I was the innovator (ForbesIndia)

The time to trust Pakistan is long gone (IDR)

Can Starbucks do for the croissant what it did for the coffee (Smithsonian)

Addicted to internet pornography? (Atlantic)

Carl Icahn:What I do is good for America (Forbes)

Erdogan:Democrat or Sultan? (Economist)

The Cyber war between the US and Iran (VanityFair)

When the beautiful game turns ugly (ESPN)

A Yale Professor as a murder suspect (NYTimes)

Facebook wall of Nitish Kumar (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Corbett-Kumaon-Nainital (TeamBHP)

The pros and cons of being Dharmendra (Jabberwock)

No Claim bonus:How to save on your insurance premiums (TeamBHP)

Maxed out on Everest (NationalGeographic)

The hypocrisy of Narendra Modi’s detractors (Firstpost)

Movie Review:Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani (VigilIdiot)

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Inside Germany’s ghost port

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Humor Quora

Why are Indian girls crazy about pani puri?

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(Hat tip Ajay)

Q:Why are Indian girls crazy about pani puri?

A.In the Mahabharata, as soon as Draupadi was married to the Pandava brothers, she was taken to their house. Kunti was worried that her daughter-in-law might create a rift amongst her sons by showing extra affection to one over the other. It was tough times and she also wanted to see whether this new bride would be able to successfully manage resources. So she decided to test her

Kunti gave her just enough dough (atta) to make one puri and told her to satisfy the hunger of all five of her sons. There was also some left over potato masala from last night. It was then that the ingenious Draupadi invented Pani Puri. This also goes on to explain why every standard plate has 5 pieces. Kunti was so amazed with her daughter-in-law’s creativity that she blessed her dish with immortality.

Thus every Indian girl eating pani puri secretly wishes for a good husband and wants to show to the 5 men ogling her at a pani puri wala that she is more than capable of being a good wife..

Hope your intellect is satisfied. And on a more serious note, your intellect needs to get a life.-by Jaganathan Abhinav in Quora