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Weekend Mega Linkfest: October 03,2014

Wishing all readers a very Happy Dassera.

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

The Elon Musk interview about Mars (Aeon)

The American myth about the self made man (Slate)

Who killed Bugsy Siegel, the creator of Las Vegas? (LAMag)

Vassilis Paleokostas: The Uncatchable (BBC)

Facebook Wall:Reactions to Modi’s Clean India Campaign (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue: Driving in the Scottish Highlands (TeamBHP)

Jackfruit is on its way to become a global star (Open)

India’s gherkin exports are booming (Caravan)

L&T: Armed but not commissioned (ForbesIndia)

Beheadings as terror marketing (Atlantic)

The importance of friendship diversity (NYMag)

Narendra Modi frees Gandhi and Shastri from the Congress (FirstPost)

7 Simple Ways to find original ideas (BI)

Cheetahs spend 90% of their days sitting around (Smithsonian)

What turned Warren Buffett into a car guy? (BusinessWeek)

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Mark Twain on Speculating in Stocks in October

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Linkfest:October 02,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Modi enlists Indian CEOs to build toilets,sweep streets (Bloomberg)

Why would it cost an average Mumbaikar 34 years of income to buy a home in Mumbai (FirstPost)

20 stocks to play upturn in economy:Morgan Stanley (MoneyControl)

Is the IIM charm fading? (Mint)

Estate planning is key to avoiding family conflicts (FE)

The story of Horlicks (BS)

Bill Gross’s investing secret (BusinessWeek)

Ello:The world’s fastest growing social network (Recode)

Why oil is crashing (BI)

Bapu in Beliaghata (Hindu)

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Rajan:Ultra Low Rates may distort prices

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Linkfest: October 01,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Tata Motors:The car dream that turned sour (BS)

2 PE funds in contest to wrest control of Destimoney (ET)

The fine print of Anil Ambani’s AGM speeches (Mint)

Customer is king this Diwali (Firstpost)

You can’t even spell capitulation (TRB)

Nobody wants gurus,they want systems (Upshot)

A Mumbaikar gets shocked in Delhi (Subramoney)

The Central Bank experiment that is destroying the economy (DailyReckoning)

More crap from the Economist about Modi (Economist)

Rajdeep Sardesai reveals his ugly character in New York (MediaCrooks)