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Weekend Mega Linkfest: March 31,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

If you aren’t rich by 45, you might as well give up (BI)

Is fat killing you, or is it sugar? (New Yorker)

5 stages of grief for Lutyen’s media (Great Bong)

The untold story behind Indira Gandhi’s decision to release 93,000 Pakistani Prisoners of War (Wire)

India’s first transgender school (Atlantic)

The religion that the Iranian Mullahs fear the most (Swarajya)

The Curse of the Bahia Emerald (Wired)

How Scott Adams got hypnotized by Trump (BusinessWeek)

Michelangelo & Sebastino (1843)

The sad economics of Internet Fame (Fusion)

Geopolitics: China encircling India (IE)

The Art of the Deal with the Taliban (NYTimes)

The Yoga Lesson (New Yorker)

Rahul Gandhi’s Oxford Venture (Gossip Guru)

Travelogue: Patiala Guide (NatGeo)

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Linkfest: March 31,2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Insurance IPOs: Theme for 2017 (BS)

5 homegrown VC firms that are making a mark (Mint)

In focus: Tyre Stocks (ET)

In conversation with Hemendra Kothari (Morningstar)

Analysts are salesmen too (Subramoney)

Mudar Patherya: 5 Micro Cap Multi bagger Stocks (RJ)

How Kalyan Jewellers rose to international prominence (Forbes)

The gains no longer available to you (TRB)

Why your startup idea isn’t big enough (Medium)

Your financial goal: A Position of “F*** You” (Dystopic)

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Linkfest: March 30,2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

All GST Bills passed in Lok Sabha (Mint)

Meet Ashish Kacholia, Dalal Street’s whiz kid (ET)

Kotak Bank’s 811 (Money Control)

Sale of BS III vehicles banned (BS)

Overwhelming response from investors for SME offers (BL)

Instagram killed the retail store (BusinessWeek)

The real asset you are building is trust (Seth Godin)

The Mullet Discount (Eric)

Did the Greek bailout money go to ‘liquor and women’ ? (Credit Writedown)

Nassim Taleb as a reluctant angel of Justice (Deal Breaker)

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Linkfest: March 29,2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

The mysterious man who owns one share of unlisted Tata Sons (Scroll)

Qatar Air Chief bets on Modi (ET)

The spectacular success of Modi’s Neem Coated Urea (IE)

Use of bitcoins in India illegal (Money Control)

Education Business-Cash register never stops ringing (SPTulsian)

Theresa May to trigger Brexit today (Mint)

Few takers for Reliance Jio Prime (FE)

Money (Bob Lefsetz)

Test Case of Emotional Trading (Market Watch)

Evaluating True Diversifiers (Long Board)

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Linkfest: March 28,2017

Wishing readers on the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa.

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Three in final race for 35% stake in ICICI Lombard (ET)

India’s GST a step closer to reality (Quint)

Has Mudra scheme been successful? (Mint)

Stock Talk: Eicher Motors (BS)

Singh Brothers under pressure (Bloomberg)

Interview with Anand Radhakrishnan (VRO)

How to make money in small cap stocks (Morningstar)

Playing Devil’s Advocate with Index Funds (CS)

Investors love funds with solid sounding names (Evidence Investor)

How to get your free Credit Report (Jago Investor)