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Vijay Mallya breaks his silence

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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why builders won’t cut prices (Jaggi)

Narayan Murthy’s letter to his daughter (Office Chai)

Nestle’s Half-Billion $ Noodle Debacle in India (Fortune)

How Uber conquered London (Guardian)

The secret shame of Middle Class Americans (Atlantic)

Iceland’s water cure (NYTimes)

Literature and Leadership (Havard)

Auto Review: Skoda Superb (Team BHP)

Startup Story: SaffronStays (YS)

What 10 days of Vipassana taught me (DailyO)

Gossip:Amma is angry with BJP (Gossip Guru)

Where to eat,shop,sightsee in Pondicherry (NatGeo)

Diet:In praise of dal-rice (Rujuta Diwekar)

Bollywood: Kangana Ranaut’s ex spills the beans (DNA)

How far have you come? (Om Malik)

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Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Bank of Japan shocks markets (Guardian)

Thyrocare IPO over subscribed on Day 2 (Money Control)

Is HCL Tech on a slippery slope? (Mint)

Global exchanges eye rejig via BSE IPO (BS)

3 Large Mutual Funds that have made an impression (Morningstar)

One stock for the next decade? (Fortune Financial)

Facts,Fiction and Merger Arbitrage (Alpha Architect)

Advice from hedge fund manager-Michael Thompson (WiloWallStreet)

The coming catastrophe for high fee active managers (PragCap)

Don’t kick the can down the road (A VC)

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