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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 28 May, 2021

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

In search of the real Savarkar (Vikram Sampath)

The Missing Magritte (Vanity Fair)

How Britain betrayed Chinese seamen (Guardian)

How the US triggered a massacre in Mexico (Pro Publica)

The Ethiopian Marathon Men who can’t go home (GQ)

Marbella: The United Nations of Crime (Guardian)

Rio de Janeiro’s endless cycle of violence (Al Jazeera)

I’m Fed Up of people demonizing Israel (Blake Ezra)

Breast or Tooth? (Tishani Doshi)

Found in Situ (Guernica)

Mughal Emperors & the Imperial Hunt (LHI)

Gunbir Singh & his efforts for organic farming (BI)

The woman who walked the world (BBC Travel)

The man who sold millions in counterfeit wine (Hustle)

When misinformation comes for the family WhatsApp (Meghna Rao)

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Linkfest: 28 May, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

MCap of BSE listed firms hits a record high (Rediff)

RBI flags risk of bubble in Indian Equity markets (FE)

India stares at 10 Million job losses in May (BT)

PayTM to target $ 3 Billion IPO (BS)

Startup: Ather Energy (Forbes)

The real winner of the Fintech Bubble (New Constructs)

Interview with Stanley Druckenmiller ( Hustle )

What it takes to be a truly successful activist (Carl Icahn)

Three Arrows Capital: World’s largest Crypto holders (MSN)

Meet your next Angel Investor. They’re 19 (Wired)

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Linkfest: 27 May, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

BPCL announces final dividend of Rs.58 per share (BS)

Over 60 SMEs to tap the IPO market (Rediff)

More promoters try to regain control of their bankrupt cos (MC)

Stock Talk: IDBI Bank (Forbes)

CLSA: 4 Consumer Stocks to buy (FE)

Don’t waste your time on PE (Abhishek Basumallick)

4 Lessons from the Crypto Crash (Common Sense)

How I misapplied my Trader mindset to investing (Moon Tower)

Shein: The TikTok of Ecommerce (Not Boring)

Thread on Aswath Damodaran’s wisdom (John Mihaljevic)

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Linkfest: 26 May, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

BPCL may sell stake in IGL, Petronet (BS)

RBI Governor’s diktat to private banks (Rediff)

Interview with HUL CFO Srinivas Phatak (CNBC)

Why Cred lacks credibility (Mumboy)

An Investors Guide to Shareholders Meetings in India ( CFA Society)

Inflation & Investing (Aswath Damodaran)

Should you invest in leveraged index funds? (Nick Maggiulli)

How Regulators killed hedge funds (Institutional Investor)

Interview with Private Equity Guru Scott Sperling (Barry Ritholtz)

The man who changed American energy forever (Yahoo)

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Linkfest: 25 May, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Osaka crumples under Covid-19 onslaught (Reuters)

Adani Group plans 2m tonne/year Coal-to-PVC plant (ICIS)

Is the metal rally over? (FE)

Zeta turns Unicorn (Entrackr)

Facebook’s new gameplan for India (Fortune)

Rotating out of the Rotation (Pratyush Rastogi)

Is it worth including cryptocurrency in your portfolio? (BS)

Is Stellar Crypto worth it? ( Corey Mann)

Inside the rise and fall of shit coins ( Vanity Fair)

Why China banned cryptocurrency but backs digital yuan (CGTN)