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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 27 August, 2021

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Tetlock and the Taliban ( Richard Hanania)

The Pakistani connection (Kyle Orton)

Somalia is walking in Afghanistan’s footsteps ( Patrick Gathara)

The Dresden Job (GQ)

Lost at Sea (Boston Mag)

Why Costa Ricans live longer than Americans (Atul Gawande)

What Afghanistan taught us about Israel-Palestine (TOI)

The last Hindu of Afghanistan (Rajat Mitra)

The last Jew of Afghanistan (NY Post)

Rise & Rise of Indian Americans (American Bazaar)

Neither Partition nor Moplah massacres can be rationalised (Swarajya)

Never trust a scientist ( Stuart Ritchie)

The way of the Dokkodo ( Musashi )

A royal story of Love in Mayurbhanj, Odisha (LHI)

What makes Mammootty tick? (Mint)

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Linkfest: 27 August, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

All eyes on the Fed (CNBC)

Sebi comes out with norms for accredited investors (Rediff)

Govt wants to make India a data centre hub (ET)

India allows Boeing 737 Max to fly (BS)

On Yamaha’s plans for India (Forbes)

Indian Drone industry comes of age (BT)

My journey as Edelweiss MF CEO (Radhika Gupta)

Are we in a Melt-Up? (Nick Maggiulli)

Wall Street during the Pandemic (Bloomberg)

Netflix & Video Games (Matthew Ball)

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Linkfest: 26 August, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

TCS can have 1 Million employees (MC)

NSE bans members from selling digital gold (FE)

Easy money fuelling speculation (Prof Varma)

Govt gives in to demands of Air India employees (BS)

Startup: Groww (Forbes)

Why can’t Bitcoin go to $100,000 ? (TRB)

How I achieved financial independence without Equity (Anil)

Interview with Dan McMurtrie on inverted shorts (Macro Ops)

Bright Moments DAO (Fred Wilson)

VC Valuations climb even higher (II)

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Linkfest: 25 August, 2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

IPO listings disappoint on debut (Forbes)

Market Cap of Infosys hits $ 100 Billion (FE)

Bajaj Finserv gets SEBI nod to set up MF (BS)

Zomato shares fall as lockin for anchor investors end (BS)

The rise & fall of Sterling Biotech (BT)

Some thoughts on shareholder voting (Anand Sridharan)

The majesty of simplicity (White Coat Investor)

Crypto: USDC stable coin (CNBC)

VC Investor Relations (A VC)

Games: The Big Picture (The10thmanbb)

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Linkfest: 24 August,2021

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Whats worrying the stock market? (MC)

FM asks Infosys to fix tax portal by Sept 15 (BS)

Govt’s 6 Lakh Crore Asset monetisation plan (CNBC)

Almost 52% IPO investors sold shares on listing day (BW)

The curious case of Nishith Desai Associates (Daily Pioneer)

8 Board Members of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank leave in 9 months (BT)

SBI Chairman: 20% NPAs in Mudra loans (Fortune)

Visa buys CryptoPunk NFT (Decrypt)

Startup: Glance (Forbes)

Solana Summer (Not Boring)