Category: Links

Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:

Car Parking costs a crore in Mumbai (TeamBHP)

Ram was a bad husband, so ? (IndrajitHazra)

The rise and fall of Subex founder Subash Menon (ForbesIndia)

Once a militant, always an outsider (Tehelka)

Netanyahu’s gambit (NewYorker)

When the nerds go marching in (Atlantic)

Mitt Romney still hates 47% of America (NYMag)

Murder in East Hampton (VanityFair)

Hispanics and US national politics (ForeignAffairs)

The time bomb at the heart of Europe (Economist)

Refiguring Jinnah (NadeemParacha)

Nikola Tesla the Eugenicist (Smithsonian)

The true crime chronicles (JaiArjun)

Latin America’s adaptive gangsters (ProjectSyndicate)

Last champions of the Third Reich (SBNation)

The Americans are crazy: Dance Dance Revolution (GQ)

The curious case of the Sherlock pilgrims (Prospect)

Travelogue:Bhutan (TeamBHP)

Movie Review:Jab Tak Hai Jaan (VigilIdiot)

Spoof:Motorcycle diaries of Robert Vadra (UnrealTimes)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Has the 2G spectrum auction really been a failure? (BS)

Are Indians by nature unhygienic?(BusinessLine)

Walmart bribery investigation expands into India (NYTimes)

Reliance seeks threefold hike in KG-D6 Gas price (FE)

Popularity of Indian equity at 11 month low (BS)

Bobby Jindal just killed a Republican sacred cow (Businessweek)

Whats going on? (BigPicture)

Pune’s Hinjewadi projects exposed (RaviKarandeekar)

Kill the password (Wired)

Why coke cost a nickel for 70 years (NPR)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Stockguru fraudster made his mother believe he was dead (TOI)

2G auction flops (Mint)

Ground report on Bal Thackeray (IndiaToday)

I am Uncle Sam and I am debtoholic (Bloomberg)

Mulling a moronic money losing market meme (TRB)

Has the 200 Day average rule stopped working? (MarketWatch)

Warning from Jeremy Grantham (BusinessInsider)

The Aha moments that made Y Combinator possible (FastCompany)

The market for squirrel catchers (DailyReckoning)

Photos:Venice under water (Atlantic)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

India to celebrate a ‘Made in China’ Diwali (WSJ)

Broking houses to give a miss to Diwali bonus (ET)

Stock Guru involved in 500 Crore fraud (FE)

Academic Dream Team helped Obama’s effort (NYTimes)

Playing the victim after getting caught (MoneyLife)

Google has officially eaten the newspaper industry (Slate)

A better way than buy and hold (DailyReckoning)

Hedge fund returns lag but pay rises (AICIO)

Why a quant model’s success fades over time (Morningstar)

Easy way to minimize drawdowns (Darvas)

Avoid moving money from the many to the few (ZikomoLetter)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Congress trying to do a Romney in Gujarat (FirstPost)

Five things you should know about Diwali (WSJ)

Brokerages remain optimistic for Samvat 2069 (Mint)

Where should you put your money this Diwali? (BS)

Hsg Society unites to oust actor from his own flat (MumbaiMirror)

Has India lost interest in stocks? (CapitalMind)

US to be the world’s top oil producer in 5 years (NYTimes)

Right Wing Japan relives 19th Century (Bloomberg)

Spread em (NihonCassandra)

How Zara grew into the world’s largest fashion retailer (NYTimes)