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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 2 October,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Old Money’s 7 Essential Ways to stay rich (Bloomberg)

The Chennai born scientist who exposed Volkswagen (Outlook)

The narrow exit road for India’s billion $ startups (Haresh Chawla)

The pink revolution (Wire)

Demolishing the Aurangzeb Apologists Cabal (Op India)

How to have 106 Babies (GQ)

Vegas on the Black Sea (R&K)

The IKEA attack (WP)

Nike-Adidas Sneaker Wars (GQ)

Surviving an earthquake on Mt.Everest (QZ)

Ownership Report:Audi A6 (Team BHP)

Putin’s crooked road to Damascus (Project Syndicate)

Startup: GrabOnRent (YS)

23 Best Beaches of India (BuzzFeed)

What old age is really like? (New Yorker)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:September 25,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why giving any job to Subramaniam Swamy is a headache (DailyO)

Bihar Elections 2015 (Open)

How Gujarat Govt stole the thunder from Hardik Patel (Scroll)

Will Piramal Realty prove lucky for their investors? (Outlook Business)

Hitler at Home (Places Journal)

Yogi Berra (Sports Illustrated)

Nariobi’s Westgate Mall Massacre (Foreign Policy)

Destined for war:Is US and China headed for war (Atlantic)

How to maintain your car in top shape (Team BHP)

Yes to Catalan Independence (Project Syndicate)

Why aren’t we inspired by Hillary Clinton? (New Yorker)

The economy that built ancient Egypt (Smithsonian)

Find out how much traffic a website gets (Labnol)

My husband is now my wife (NYMag)

Movie Review:Kis Kisko Pyaar Karun (MAM)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:18 September,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Jyothi Reddy: From a farm laborer to an IT millionairess (YS)

The growing tribe of India’s super rich households (Forbes)

Burning down Mickey Mouse (Medium)

Who killed the 20th Century’s greatest spy? (Guardian)

Angela Merkel and the revival of Germany (Guardian)

How Homo Naledi changes the story of human evolution (NG)

Netaji: Understanding Mamata’s timing (One India)

Why Kashmir marathon was a disaster (DailyO)

The return of rage in Kashmir (Open)

Hero Motocorp’s big battle (Outlook Business)

Why Nandan Nilekani’s sales pitch for Aadhar is hard to buy (NL)

Top 20 selling Car models in India in August 2015 (Team BHP)

How an 18th Century philosopher helped solve my midlife crisis (Atlantic)

Don’t build that killer app just yet (Forbes)

How food became religion in Lima,Peru (Smithsonian)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: September 11,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

We got into IIT/IIM.Our kids won’t  (Sajith Pai)

Fake Currency:How RAW is turning the heat on Pakistan (OneIndia)

The siege of Herbalife (Fortune)

What happens after you book a car (Team BHP)

Why I put my wife’s career first (Atlantic)

All scientists should be militant atheists (New Yorker)

From Rs.240 to Rs. 20 Crore (YS)

Thyrocare:Testing new waters in medical diagnostics (Forbes)

An extraordinary story of 5 Colonial Indians (Wire)

Devendra Fadnavis Vs Sharad Pawar (DailyO)

Gossip: 3 Mistakes of Rahul Gandhi (1, 2,3)

Full On Bollywood Gossip (Fashion Scandal)

How ministers milk PSUs for ads and sponsorships (Newslaundry)

China’s focus on football (Guardian)

Documentary Watch:Battle of Stalingrad (You Tube)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:September 04,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

14 Companies that caught Ratan Tata’s eye (Quint)

Top lies spread by Indian media in August 2015 (OpIndia)

Let’s call Pakistan’s nuclear bluff (DailyO)

How Trump invented Trump (Bloomberg)

Why Naresh Goyal is smiling (Forbes)

Thai Commercials:Great at making people cry (Atlantic)

A refugee’s odyssey from Syria to Sweden (Guardian)

The fortune teller of Kabul (Guardian)

Travelogue:Chattisgarh Chronicles (TeamBHP)

13 untold truths about selling to schools in India (Rodinhoods)

Insurance startup Coverfox gets 14 M$ funding (YS)

Some tales of Muslim Conversion to Hindus (Wire)

Why you hate Google’s new logo (New Yorker)

Why drivers in China intentionally kill pedestrians they hit (Slate)

How to save on your car insurance premiums (TeamBHP)