Some interesting off beat Sunday reads:
July 2012:Indian car sales figures (TeamBHP)
Is China losing the diplomatic plot? (ProjectSyndicate)
Spoof:Rahul Gandhi visits Shindes for dal chawal (UnrealTimes)
The Narco tunnels of Nogales (BusinessWeek)
How advertisers convinced Americans they smelled bad (Smithsonian)
My platonic sweetheart (MarkTwain)
Travelogues:Visit to Gwalior (Ghumakkar)
Book Reviews:A Stolen life (IDreamBooks)
Interesting off beat reads for the weekend:
Where did all the jobs go?(NewYorker)
Why India wins so few medals-Neither the will nor the cash (Atlantic)
Parents in denial about their kid’s sex lives (Slate)
The toast masters-How Amul turns headlines into hoardings (Caravan)
Assam:Maps of hatred, redrawn (Outlook)
The inside story of the coal scam (Tehelka)
Can you take it Kuldip Nayar?(Newslaundry)
Some stuff I am reading today:
India power failure highlights power gridlock (Bloomberg)
Deccan Chronicle:Now fraud and forgery (CapitalMind)
Some sage advice from Kenny Loggins (TRB)
Momentum (ResearchPuzzle)
Conviction and certainty (TRB)
The worst Trade of the Decade (LearnBonds)
Have you written your will? (Anand)
Some stuff I am reading today morning:
India’s beauty industry lures investors (WSJ)
Hackers can cripple India’s power grids (ET)
Govt ready with radical health plan (Mint)
India’s blackout belies fantasies of superpower status (FT)
Tactical is hard and smart does not mean good (TRB)
Big game hunting in the Phillippines (DailyReckoning)
Negative rates as a precursor to the death of banking (FTAlphaville)
Iron ore going down down down (FTAlphaville)
Some stuff I am reading today morning:
The diesel generator: India’s trusty power source (Nytimes)
Avoid speculative F&O but hedging can help (Mint)
SGX extends India access with 16 July Nifty Options launch (MarketWatch)
Is buying insurance from private insurance companies in India a good idea? (Anand)
The Pro’s process-Brian Shannon (Embracethetrend)
The cult of equity is dying (BillGross)
The real crash is ahead (MarketWatch)