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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 04 October, 2019

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Bob Iger remembers Steve Jobs (Vanity Fair)

The China hand in Kashmir (Brahma Chellaney)

Maharashtra Elections: A foregone verdict (Open)

Why the BJP, RSS want to own Gandhi (India Today)

The murder of Jamal Khashoggi (Insider)

How Billionaire David Shaw ensures his kid’s college admissions (Pro Publica)

Letter from Pakistan (Naila Inayat)

How travelling made me not want to “settle down” (Shivya Nath)

Scams with online travel bookings (Media Crooks)

Road Trip: Austria, Slovenia, Italy (Team BHP)

On non stop action (J Mathrubootham)

Why mythology is male oriented (Madras Courier)

Black Magic & a bureaucrat (Manu Pillai)

Belapur’s Strategic Fort (LHI)

Mumbai Meri Jaan (Arre)

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As long as it is necessary

Source: RBI Statement by the Governor

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Two Beliefs of every Bubble

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Linkfest: 04 October, 2019

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

IRCTC over subscribed by 111 times (MC)

Interview with Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (ET)

RBI’s bias for policy action (Mint)

Spicejet set to become second largest domestic carrier (FE)

India’s real estate crisis intensifies (BS)

Stake sales in MF, Insurance arms hits a wall (Rediff)

Company Profile: SMPP (OB)

Why VCs don’t fund moonshots (Venture Beat)

How Blackstone got started (Institutional Investor)

If you want to change minds (Seth Godin)

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Sometimes the Crowd is right