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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 08 May, 2026

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Deconstructing Bengal Elections-Part 1 (Great Bong)

Deconstructing Bengal Elections-Part 2 (Great Bong)

The end of Mamata’s evil empire (First Post)

What liberals need to understand about Bengal’s voters (NDTV)

The Trinamool-Jamaat nexus (Daily Star)

The man who gave Modi Bengal (NS)

The real message from Tamil Nadu election results (Swarajya)

What lies ahead for Assam (Print)

The Return of the Sacred (Vasudha)

Mixed messages on US-Iran deal (Time)

Germany’s new militarization (RT)

Thread: The Hedonic Treadmill (Sandeep Kulkarni)

The story of HMT Rice (Parimal)

Mirza Ghalib on Benaras (Raza Rumi)

A museum visit with VS Naipaul (Aatish Taseer)

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Linkfest: 08 May, 2026

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

US carries out strikes in Iran (JPost)

US Equity market breadth is at its narrowest (FT)

Trade court strikes down Trump’s 10% tariffs (Yahoo)

Gold & Silver rally could resume (CNBC)

NSE’s Electronic Gold Receipts (BT)

The 40 Lakh Cr Power Value Chain (Raghav Wadhwa)

Rift widens in Tata Trusts (Fortune)

Maharashtra’s Revenue Stress (BI)

Insider Trading in Oil Futures (Paul Krugman)

Say Hello to the Internet of AI (Om Malik)

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Linkfest: 07 May, 2026

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Adani likely to settle with US regulators (BW)

Korea stock market is up 75% this year (Bloomberg)

Samsung hits $ 1 Trillion valuation (Yahoo)

Biggest Indian IPOs of 2026 (FE)

Weakening of INR (Nooresh Merani)

Deep Dive: India Solar Manufacturing (Value Quest)

Company: Orbbec (Forbes)

Don’t predict, prepare (Howard Marks)

How do you retire at 55? (Common Sense)

Obituary: Ted Turner (CNN)

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Linkfest: 06 May, 2026

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Centre approves 2.5 Lakh Cr Credit Guarantee scheme (DH)

Iran tightens grip on Hormuz (WSJ)

Project Freedom is temporarily halted (JPost)

Crisis for seafarers in Persian Gulf (CNN)

Turmoil in Tata Trusts (FE)

Cognizant to lay off 12,000-15,000 employees (MC)

Stock Talk: Bhagyanagar India (VaR)

The end of cigarettes is coming (Atlantic)

Non-Linear Momentum (Klementon)

Returns from Collectibles (BI)

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Linkfest: 05 May, 2026

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How BJP won Bengal (HT)

The fall of the House of Stalin (Open)

Iran attacks UAE with missiles (Khaleej Times)

US military establishes safe passage in Strait of Hormuz (MC)

Oil surges to $114 (OP)

Fuel price freeze squeezes OMCs (FE)

Misplaced euphoria in the markets (CNBC)

Small Savings continue to attract investors (BT)

Company: Kissht (Inc 42)

On the hunt for 100 baggers (Josh Brown)