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Weekend Mega Linkfest: April 08,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

To live and die in Mumbai (California Sunday)

Controversies from past Royal visits to India (Scroll)

Indian e-Commerce just hit a new Normal (Haresh Chawla)

How Congress tweaked India’s history in its own favour (Anuj Dhar)

The battle for Dr.Ambedkar (Open)

What actually happened in NIT Srinagar (Swarajya)

How Deloitte analysts started a chain of hostels in India (YS)

An outsider’s view of Indian startup ecosystem (Office Chai)

Dharavi girls become coders,develop apps (Better India)

The strange case of Amitabh Bachchan’s political alliances (HP)

The Voyeur’s Motel (New Yorker)

22 Solo Travel Hacks (Natgeo)

The best Gujarati Thalis in Ahmedabad (Natgeo)

Photos:What’s selling on India’s pavements?  (Reuters)

Heart Warming Illustrations: Father Daughter Love (Bored Panda)

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Linkfest:April 08,2016

Wish all readers a Happy Gudi Padwa.

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

A turn in the economy (Akash Prakash)

The 29,000 Crore coal over-invoicing scam (EPW)

Equitas IPO top draw (Money Control)

Vodafone India starts process for IPO (Bloomberg)

Analjit Singh’s next big bet: Max Ventures (Mint)

IVRCL is an example of what’s wrong with India Inc (Vivek Kaul)

Why has Kotak group again invested in Diamond Power Infra? (Gaurav)

Losing Money (A VC)

Overbought,oversold and the great paradox in markets (PP)

Jamie Dimon’s annual letter to shareholders (Street Insider)

 

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Linkfest:April 07,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Are Infosys founders not happy with Vishal Sikka? (Mint)

How private sector banks are winning the digitisation war (OB)

How to buy tax free bonds in the secondary market (FreeFinCal)

Stock Analysis:United Nilgiri Tea (Amit)

Why bull markets make everyone miserable (TRB)

As an investor,Osama Bin Laden was bullish on gold (NYTimes)

Wind and solar are crushing fossil fuels (Bloomberg)

Beat the market-trade like a cockroach (DR)

Different type of Life Insurance policies in India (BasuNivesh)

On selling short (Nihon Cassandra)

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Linkfest:April 06,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

RBI Rate Cut: QE with Indian characteristics (Mint)

Rajan boosts odds he will stay on as RBI Governor (Bloomberg)

AI Express:Low Cost but High Profit (BL)

Gold coins will be available at India Post (ET)

Investing:Simple Vs Complex (TRB)

Think half a cycle ahead (Aleph)

Namo is on the right track (Subramoney)

Half of 2016 IPOs trade below issue price (Firstchoice IPO)

Payment Banks:Transaction Initiated (OB)

China jitters could cause global market bloodbath (Telegraph)

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Linkfest: April 05,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Buy & Hold Mutual Fund Returns (Mystic Wealth)

Indian tycoons pay-up moment (Bloomberg)

Panama Papers:Names of 500 Indians leaked (BS)

16 PSUs lined up for disinvestment (MoneyControl)

Latest Bank FD Interest rates (My Investment Ideas)

Annuities-The Fear Factor (Bala)

Interview with Samit Vartak (Safal Niveshak)

Should investors know their fund manager’s salary? (Morningstar)

How much do profits matter to stock market returns? (Common Sense)

10 Demographic Trends that are shaping the world (Pew Research)