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Some great off beat reads for the weekend:

The dark side of Raman Raj (Tehelka)

Power exercised not generated (OutlookIndia)

Reviving the family doctor (ForbesIndia)

Can you take it R Jagannathan? (Newslaundry)

How English soccer made a comeback (Slate)

The inside story of a controversial new text about Jesus (Smithsonian)

How to commit blasphemy in Pakistan (MohammedHanif)

Inside the mind of a pedophile (MalcomGladwell)

National Geographic Photo contest 2012 (Atlantic)

What the wife of a Ponzi schemer knew (Sarasota)

My life with Lance Armstrong (Outside)

The Red Queen (FundooProfessor)

Book Review:Catherine the Great (IDreamBooks)

Travelogue:Lazing around Odisha Coast (TeamBHP)

Spoop:Arvind to play Hanuman, Anna to play Ram (UnrealTimes)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Pratip Chaudhuri:The last mile challenge (Mint)

Coca Cola to set up India’s largest water plant in Gujarat (ET)

3 out of 4 startups fail (WSJ)

Deutsche Bank:Western economies are screwed (BusinessInsider)

Want to earn 100000 $ the hard way? (Dealbreaker)

Rethinking Robert Rubin (BusinessWeek)

Solving Gen Y’s passion problem (HBR)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Former Reebok India officials held for fraud (Mint)

The DCHL saga (CapitalMind)

300 freight trains idling for want of cargo (BusinessLine)

America’s richest hedge fund managers (Forbes)

Investing Decisions: Experience is still not enough (Psy-Fi)

The truth behind the Romney gaffe (DailyReckoning)

Jack Bogle on how to fix Wall Street (Time)

Some interesting stuff to read on this public holiday:

90 Hours in queue to touch Lalbaugcha Raja’s feet (DNA)

A titan of industry continues to look for new pastures (BS)

IFCI stands for I F***ed Countless Investors !! (Gaurav)

Now Singh has to sell Indians on liberalization (Bloomberg)

The three costs of Q3 (TRB)

Tips for managing your increasingly lumpy income (NYTimes)

How 9 Countries completely lost control on inflation (BusinessInsider)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Fortune smiles on Wockhardt again (Mint)

RBI Watch:Imperatives for second generation reforms (RBI)

Has the Govt laid ground for the next bull run? (SafalNiveshak)

Today Mitt Romney lost the election (Bloomberg)

The # 1 Thing that could wreck this rally (BusinessInsider)

2013 is going to be a bummer (BusinessWeek)

The best fund manager you have never heard of (ClimateerInvesting)