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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 11 January, 2019

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The hidden treasure in Gwalior Fort (LHI)

Quota Correction (Open)

Citizenship Bill & the North East (Outlook)

The Spider-Man who stole Art (New Yorker)

The catastrophe of vanishing glaciers (Guardian)

Pakistan’s musicians turn political (ATimes)

Spoof: CIA offers apology (The Onion)

Is Marijuana as safe as we think? (Malcolm Gladwell)

The story of Horniman Circle (LHI)

Radhanath Sikdar: Genius Mathematician (Madras Courier)

Vidya Vox: YouTube Sensation (SCMP)

Where is manners and all? (J Mathrubootham)

Poem : Telling Lies (Felix Dennis)

The Noveau Riche Indian (Jawed Naqvi)

The ‘gara’ goes mod (Mint)

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Linkfest: 11 January, 2019

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Zerodha is now India’s largest broker (BQ)

JSW readies bid for IL&FS energy arm (FC)

Why Hyundai’s Chennai workers are up in arms (Rediff)

The inside story of SEBI crackdown on Dabba Trading (Mint)

Stock Talk: IEX (FE)

Scaling up a Business (Amit Jeswani)

Interview with Manishi Raychaudhuri (ET)

Slow it down (Mystic Wealth)

Investor Newsletter Q4 2018 from a top Macro fund (Crescat Capital)

Things I’m pretty sure about (Morgan Housel)

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Linkfest: 10 January, 2019

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Sun Pharma shenanigans (BQ)

Party may be over for Indian Equities (BS)

Why 2019 could be a make-or-break year for Sun Pharma (MC)

On IndusInd Bank Results (Mint)

Usha Martin: Jhawar Family Feud deepens (FC)

Credit Ratings of real estate developers (Investing Bites)

The Bezos Divorce (CNBC)

2018 was a Peltzman Effect in action (Dr C K Narayan)

Delusions (TRB)

The Mnuchin massacre (Macro Tourist)

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Linkfest : 09 January, 2019

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Brexit crisis worsens (CNBC)

Pfizer to shut down Aurangabad, Chennai plants (MC)

Interview with Prashant Ruia (ET)

Banks propose $900 Million lifeline for Jet Airways (Mint)

Why HAL’s cash crunch worsened (BQ)

Uber India: Shifting Gears (Fortune)

The wrong debate (Irrelevant Investor)

The tortoise and the hare (A VC)

Steve Cohen’s Comeback (Deal Breaker)

2019 Headwinds are getting stronger (DR)

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Linkfest: 08 January, 2019

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Bharat Bandh today (BS)

Modi’s Upper Caste Quota (TOI)

The winner in Bandhan – Gruh merger (Mint)

Taxman on a refunds spree (ET)

Supreme Court steps in Jio-RCom deal (FE)

Buffett & Munger on reading habits (AM)

Rajat Gupta fails to prove his innocence (DB)

Wild Expectations (Morgan Housel)

Out Performance in down markets (Preston McSwain)

Take your lumps (A VC)