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Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:

Its time for Obama to bite the hedge fund sharks (NewYorker)

Mumbai after Thackeray (Open)

Why the existence of Pakistan is not in India’s interest (IDR)

The Deccan revolts (OutlookIndia)

500 Dalit homes burnt in Tamil Nadu (Tehelka)

Now showing Modi in 3D (NewsLaundry)

Time is running out for Sunil Mittal (ForbesIndia)

Funny facts from the mutual fund factsheet (MoneyLife)

Kashmiri Pandits were offered three choices (IDR)

Chimps and orangutans have midlife crises (Smithsonian)

The Expendables:The French Foreign Legion (VanityFair)

Anshu Jain gets silent treatment (Businessweek)

In search of the magical penis thieves (Harpers)

Unraveling the internet’s oldest mystery (DailyDot)

Time and light in Shyam Benegal’s Trikaal (JaiArjun)

Obituary:Bal Thackeray (Economist)

Spoof:Manmohan Singh realizes he is the PM after watching TV (UnrealTimes)

Fiction: Bull by Mo Yan (NewYorker)

Auto Review: Honda Amaze 1.5L diesel (TeamBHP)

Movie Review:The gorgeous Life of Pi is transcendent (Edelstein)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Is it time to look at sugar stocks?(MoneyControl)

India probes Cadbury for tax evasion (WSJ)

A tale of two battery makers (Mint)

PSU Banks:Time to cherry pick? (BS)

Using Google calendar to track your monthly payments (OneMint)

Husband to pay maintenance even if he is jobless:High Court (FE)

The 3 Million $ house in Vancouver (DailyReckoning)

Things could be better at SAC Capital (Dealbreaker)

Here’s whats going on (BusinessInsider)

Dear Jeff (NihonCassandra)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Charlie Munger on Mistakes (25IQ)

What is it to be like a partner at Goldman Sachs? (Quora)

Individuals can’t be booked for front running (Mint)

No takers for Mukesh’s RGTIL (BS)

As slyly as he arrived (MumbaiMirror)

SAC’s Cohen pulled deeper into insider trading probe (Bloomberg)

Six Myths about the stock market (MarketBeat)

Nice Try,HP (BusinessInsider)

Argentina beset by pirates, snakes (Dealbreaker)

Good luck with that (TRB)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Ajmal Kasab hanged (DNA)

Amul’s Gen-Next farmers (BusinessLine)

Why Chembur,Wadala and Ulwe are hot investments in Mumbai (Firstpost)

Why Phaneesh Murthy’s iGate story fails to impress (ET)

Reebok India:Fake sales and secret depots (Mint)

The IRR of UIDAI is over 50% (AjayShah)

Jeremy Grantham’s latest letter (GMO)

Japan’s exports reach three year low (Bloomberg)

Another overnight return puzzle (Falkenblog)

Sex sells Japanese Govt bonds (BigPicture)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Was Ponty Chadha, brother shot by a third group? (TOI)

Test of freedom of speech in India (WSJ)

India is JP Morgan’s top BRIC market for 2013 (ET)

A robotic threat to outsourcing (Mint)

Tata Global falls on Morgan Stanley downgrade (BS)

Soros buying gold (Bloomberg)

Treasure hunters are still after these lost fortunes (Climateer)

When business models trump technology (HBR)

Lockup expiration and stock prices (AswathDamodaran)

Twinkie Investing-Sweet but unhealthy (InvestingCaffeine)