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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Dec 06,2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Network Effect (Caravan)

A Scam by any other name (Newslaundry)

Mahesh Tutorials:Looking beyond classrooms (ForbesIndia)

The Broken Estate (Caravan)

Anna Hazare:The Man Who Could’ve been (Open)

Bikram Yoga’s embattled founder (VanityFair)

Nelson Mandela:A Life in Photographs (NewYorker)

A potato battery can light up a room for over a month (Smithsonian)

Maoists,Ousted (ForeignAffairs)

Nelson Mandela:The view from South Africa (Atlantic)

Lingua Fracas in Nayakan and Inglourious Basterds (JaiArjun)

A Death at Tough Mudder (Outside)

How the American Worker has got screwed (Prospect)

Indian garment factory sends thugs after American journalist (MotherJones)

How radioactive poison has become the assassin’s weapon of choice (Medium)

From Bangalore to Bhutan (TeamBHP)

NRI Desi Facts (GreatBong)

What to do when you are broke and building your startup? (Rodinhoods)

Travelogue:Shillong & North East India (Ghummakar)

The Last days of President Johnson (Atlantic)

Movie Review:Bullett Raja (VigilIdiot)

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Linkfest:Dec 06,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Obituary:Nelson Mandela (FT)

How good is Carl Icahn? (TRB)

Axis Bank employees forge signature of account holder (Moneylife)

CBI gives Supreme Court a ‘Birla Diary’ showing payments to politicians (FE)

The rise of the Sari Tying class (WSJ)

Why investing in PSUs is a good idea (Moneycontrol)

Simplifiers and Optimizers (ScottAdams)

4 Lessons from 2013 (DragonflyCapital)

10 Themes for 2014 (Bernstein)

Building a simple sector rotation on momentum and trend (Faber)

Philanthropy,stock picking and frugality (Reuters)

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Linkfest:Dec 05,2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Why foreign investors are staying the course (ET)

The financial crisis was no accident (MarcFaber)

Wockhardt manipulated clinical trials data (Mint)

Why you should dump Mr.FD for Mr.Bond (Firstpost)

Lean product development in offline business (Moneyoga)

Here’s why everyone is warning of bubbles (PhilPearlman)

The IPO vacation calendar (Reuters)

Years of investing experience (Researchpuzzle)

India’s edifice diplomacy in Afghanistan (Bloomberg)

10 Secrets of Grand Central Terminal (EpochTimes)

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Linkfest:Dec 04,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Jignesh Shah’s assets seized in NSEL case (FE)

Hidden jewels get a polish at Tata group (BS)

Gold smugglers adopting methods of drug couriers (ET)

Why I bought Thomas Cook (FundooProfessor)

A look at the infrastructure sector (Prashant)

A step-by-step guide to getting out of debt (Lifehacker)

Guide to stock market corrections (Ritholtz)

Financial sector reform in India (Economist)

Rich Kazakhs revive polygamy (Bloomberg)

Peeping Toms of gobar journalism (Mediacrooks)

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Linkfest:Dec 03,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Astrologers make hay in choppy stock market (Mint)

Bond with the best (FE)

Onion Trackers of Delhi (FirstPost)

N Srinivasan’s astrologer advised Dhoni on match tactics (ET)

Idea Velocity.What I learned from SAC (Dasan)

The Fed must inflate (DailyReckoning)

Fast and Furious and Wealth Management (TRB)

Inflation indexed National Savings Certificates (BasuNivesh)

BJP has the highest stake in these polls (UsualSuspects)

The value of saving and investing money (SafalNiveshak)