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Weekend Mega Linkfest:October 24,2014

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

The Dosa Man of New York (Mashable)

George Soros:Wake Up Europe ! (NYReview)

Mumbai:The Capital City (Open)

#HellYeah !The Congress has a hoot of a hit (Outlook)

Are we legally bound to stand during national anthem? (Caravan)

Focus on Zee’s Subhash Chandra misbehaving in Hisar (Newslaundry)

Bandhan Bank:Building ties with the underprivileged (Forbes)

The dangers of sleep deprivation (Atlantic)

In Conversation with Marc Andreessen (NYMag)

For 100,000 $ you can clone your dog (BusinessWeek)

My terrifying night with Afghanistan’s only female warlord (New Republic)

You can look it up:The Wikipedia story (Daily Beast)

My daughter,myself (Aeon)

Travelogue:Of Palaces & Forts-Royal Rajasthan (TeamBHP)

The world’s most beautiful cemeteries (Smithsonian)

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Linkfest:October 23,2014

Wishing all readers a Happy Diwali.

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Top fund manager’s secret to success (MarketWatch)

IBM stares into the abyss (Mint)

DLF finds 2000 Crores in assets ‘frozen’ by Mutual Funds (BS)

The curious case of Bodal Chemicals (FE)

The new Modi-Doval doctrine on Pakistan (Firstpost)

Some stunning money mistakes (Subramoney)

The new Chinese Dosa:Equity Savings Fund (FreeFinCal)

Lies investors tell themselves (CommonSense)

Is the Chinese economy about to fall off a cliff? (NewYorker)

How to ruin your life (Fool)

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Linkfest:October 22,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Paul Tudor Jones:The bubble will burst one day (Bloomberg)

Home buyers make errant builders behave properly (ET)

Govt wants FTIL to take over NSEL (BS)

PSUs find it tough to maintain capex (FE)

20 Best Diwali stock picks from brokerage firms (MyInvestmentIdeas)

A lesson in risk this Diwali (Subramoney)

Insider trading profits (Fortune)

Eating at restaurants is why you are fat (Fast Coexist)

Mark Cuban’s dozen rules for startups (BigPicture)

Bonfire of the HATO alliance (MediaCrooks)

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Linkfest:October 21,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How Flipkart,Amazon and Snapdeal fund discounts (Mint)

All you wanted to know about Muhurat trading (BL)

Sugar mills face bitter reality during festive time (BS)

5 Lessons on Life & Investing from Guy Spier (Safal Niveshak)

Basant Maheshwari’s model portfolio of top quality stocks (RJ)

Behind private equity’s curtain (NYTimes)

Why stock investors get paid (TRB)

Don’t blame IBM.Blame Wall Street (Jeff Matthews)

Modi’s gas gambit faces hurdle of coddled Indian consumer (Bloomberg)

John Lennon knew the power of this startup secret (Forbes)

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Linkfest: October 20,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Best time for Advisors to show performance reports to sell their services (Nooresh)

The most important chart in the world right now (Telegraph)

How Modi,Shah cracked the polls (ET)

Microfinance:To hell and back (Mint)

All NFOs are not bad for the portfolio (BS)

Buy Vs Rent:Do the math before booking a flat (FE)

Diversification Vs Concentration (Safir)

The two pronged approach to safe,consistent gains (Steve Forbes)

Case Study:Price & Value in a growth stock (AswathDamodaran)

What makes a great investor? (ProductHunt)