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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 29 May, 2020

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The recently foiled terror attack in Pulwama (Harpreet)

The scam of the Delhi Golf Club & Delhi Gymkhana (Sumona Chakraborty)

The tense India-China standoff in the Himalayas (Al Jazeera)

China, India don’t need US help on their frictions (Wang Wenwen)

The idea of a Hindu Rashtra (Swarajya)

Yoga with Adriene (Guardian)

Aesthetics of behavior (M J Akbar)

The Khan brothers of Mumbai Cricket (Outlook)

Life after Zoom (J Mathrubootham)

I lived through Cyclone Amphan (Sharmishta Gooptu)

I travelled on the Vande Bharat Mission (Ananya Agarwal)

Colonialism was worse than Nazism (Indu Samarajiva)

Navsari-Home to the Parsis (LHI)

An account of a Chinese soldier during 1962 war (Medium)

How to safely use air conditioners during the pandemic (Mint)

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Linkfest: 29 May, 2020

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Monsoon to hit Kerala on June 1 (BS)

Trump to have a conference on China today (CNBC)

Google eyes stake in Vodafone Idea (ET)

How pessimism on banking stocks led to a short squeeze (BL)

Gold loans come to the rescue of small businesses (BT)

How Covid-19 has ravaged Mumbai (BBC)

Labour flees Bengaluru (Mint)

A failure story from Silicon Valley (Gagan Biyani)

The law of holes (Icecap Asset Management)

Webinar on Indian economy with Dr. Subbarao & Dr. Montek Ahluwalia (YouTube)

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Linkfest: 28 May, 2020

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Govt to discontinue 7.75% taxable bond scheme (BS)

Microsoft may take a $ 2 Billion stake in Reliance Jio (Mint)

The monetisation question (D Subbarao)

EU proposes 750 Billion Euro CoronaVirus recovery fund (ET)

How Covid-19 is affecting the ailing auto sector (Forbes)

Interests on deposits drops to 17 year low (FE)

Hindsight Bias Free for All (Barry Ritholtz)

Could anyone have predicted Buffett’s success? (Evidence Investor)

Trump goes after social media companies (Zero Hedge)

Hong Kong’s future as a financial center does not bode well (SCMP)

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Linkfest: 27 May, 2020

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Fitch projects Indian economy to contract by 5% (ET)

Crisil says pre-Covid levels back only after 3 fiscals (BS)

Locusts attack India (The Diplomat)

Interview with Sanjiv Bajaj (ET Now)

Inside Marico’s pandemic plan (Forbes)

How HDFC Life is managing in a post covid world (Mint)

The biggest bubble (Amit Jeswani)

Is stable coin the next big thing in eCommerce? (HBR)

Musings on the US markets (Brooklyn Investor)

Taleb Vs Asness (Market Watch)

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Linkfest: 26 May, 2020

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Kotak gets shareholder nod to raise $ 1 Billion (TOI)

Promoter to sell 2.75% stake in Bharti Airtel (BS)

MFIs fear moratorium extension will increase stress (ET)

Air Travel gets painful (Mint)

How a spat revealed Punjab’s liquor nexus (Rediff)

Stock Talk: Titan (Jana)

Deepak Fertilizers: Preying on market price? (IIAS)

Why smart investors are buying gold (FE)

CTFD (Anand Sridharan)

WHO pauses trial of HCQ (Reuters)