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Weekend Mega Linkfest: April 07,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How the Dalai Lama escaped 58 years back (IE)

The arrival of Yogi Adityanath (Great Bong)

Why did Nehru refuse merger with Nepal (Post Card)

The Portuguese Inquisition in Goa (India Facts)

Lahore: Paradise Lost (Daily Times)

Take a course in World’s Best Universities for free (WEForum)

Jerks & the Startups they ruin (NYTimes)

Future of loneliness- Internet Isolation (Guardian)

The Hill & the Mountain (Bill Aitken)

Building in the shadow of our own destruction  (Longreads)

Startup Story : BVP (YS)

Eggs,Cheese & Toast – Mumbai style (NYTimes)

Life Rules (Bob Lefsetz)

Travelogue: Iceland (Team BHP)

Gossip: Rats chewed Crores (Gossip Guru)

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Linkfest: April 07,2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

US attacks Syria (NYTimes)

Parliament clears the deck for GST rollout (ET)

Plenty of action in RBI policy (MC)

RBI: Farm loan waiver a ‘moral hazard’ (Mint)

TRAI orders Reliance Jio to withdraw Summer Offer (Quint)

‘Namami Ganga’ project in shambles (BS)

Risk is how much time you need (Morgan Housel)

6 things you don’t know about money (Thrive)

‘Family Office’ is the new butler class to take care of the elite (Guardian)

5 Dreams that did NOT come true in early retirement (RetireBy40)

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Linkfest: April 06,2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

WhatsApp getting into digital payments (Bloomberg)

Shankara Buildcon makes handsome debut on bourses (Mint)

SC court order on liquor screws investors (ET)

Interview with Porinju Veliyath (Money Control)

UTI MF may go for IPO (BS)

Stock Talk: Karnataka Bank (RJ)

MFs join bull party (BL)

Volatility is not the same as risk (Money Commando)

Chinese engineer marries robot (Climateer)

Everyone deserves a nice car (Financial Samurai)

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Linkfest: 05 April, 2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Yogi Adityanath gives up to 1 Lakh loan waiver to UP farmers (MC)

Govt softens blow of Capital Gains Tax (Quint)

Predatory pricing & the Telecom sector (Ajay Shah)

Burton Malkiel on Dart Throwing Monkeys (Podcast)

Sanjay Bakshi on Art of Value Investing (Podcast)

Coal is not coming back (Gadfly)

Simple Gujarati way to make money (ET)

Friends don’t let friends drink and trade (Climateer)

Who trades profusely? (Globe Finance Journal)

How attractive analysts make better stock calls (Nikkei)

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Linkfest: April 04,2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Nifty at record closing high (BL)

Motilal Oswal Multibagger ideas (Money Control)

Govt plans new Equity Savings Schemes (Mint)

Next big macro idea-INDIA (Raoul Paul)

Infosys Vs Other tech stocks (India Equity)

Street cautious on liquor stocks (BS)

Trump cracks down on H1B visas (Quint)

Why I refused to pay service tax at a restaurant (Jago Investor)

When did Bombay overtake Calcutta as India’s financial centre? (Mostly Economics)

Don’t be an elitist investor (Tony Isola)