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Weekend Mega Linkfest: June 20,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Hafeez Contractor:The slumdog millionaire architect (NYTimes)

Luis Suarez: Soccer’s most beautiful player (ESPN)

10 New Indian travel destinations you have not heard of (CondeNast)

Who will be India’s Alibaba- Snapdeal or Flipkart? (Forbes)

Poems:Draupadi Asks (Caravan)

Infosys:The burden of legacy (Open)

Pakistan’s Domestic Jihad (IndianDefenceReview)

Barack Obama and the Three Hundred (NewYorker)

The new map of the Middle East (Atlantic)

When the World Cup is on, stock markets go quiet (Bloomberg)

Disintegration of Iraq had its roots in World War I (Smithsonian)

Arabian Sea takes revenge on Mumbai (MumbaiBoss)

InPictures:How Modi solved Goa MLA Brazil trip controversy (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Exploring Karnataka (TeamBHP)

10 Things you should include in your website (Labnol)

What are some mind blowing facts about Indian Railways? (Quora)

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Linkfest:June 20,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Deepak Agarwal-From Erotica to e-Commerce King (Forbes)

What are Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and Rashesh Shah upto? (Gaurav)

SEBI throws a lifeline to primary markets (BS)

SEBI approves norms for research analysts (ET)

Its builders vs buyers in India’s real estate industry (ForbesIndia)

SEBI will allow ESOP trusts to buy shares from the market again (CapitalMind)

Who just bought half a billion dollars of gold futures? (Climateer)

How to lose 1.3 Billion $ in hedge funds (TakeApart)

Meet Nicholas Schorsch- Billionaire King of REITs (Forbes)

Why living in Beijing could ruin your life (Bloomberg)