Tamal Bandyopadhyay is a prolific writer, has a knack for explaining difficult banking concepts using simple words. If you’re interested in learning about HDFC Bank, then I highly recommend his book A Bank for the Buck. Recently, I read his book From Lehman to Demonetization, which gives the lay of the land of what happened…
Even though I buy a lot of books from Amazon, I have the habit of going to physical bookstores at least once a month. I spend time flipping through books, reading a few random paragraphs, and occasionally buy if it piques my curiosity. Click here to read the rest.
Life is made up of ups and downs. We all wish to have a life full of ups and low-to-no downs, but what we get is not in our hands. However, how we react to them is entirely under our control. Click here to read the rest.
Imagine Thanos snapping his finger and wiping out human species. An alien comes to our planet and examines the front door of several houses. What would it conclude? Click here to read the rest.
Can we trick our brain into attaching a rubber hand as its own? Rubber Hand Illusion, as shown in the video, rewires our brain to accommodate the new rubber hand. If our brain can be rewired to accommodate a rubber hand, then can we change it to go beyond the limit of its physical body…
Pranesh Srinivasan, a close friend of mine, is an engineer working at Google building intelligent and super fast systems to answer all the world’s questions. Pranesh attended my value investing class, almost four years back, and that’s how I got introduced to him. Truth said I learned more about investing and other disciplines from him.…
What should I invest in, so that I am well prepared for retirement? It is a question that I get asked most often from my friends. My response to them is simple: Invest in yourself. Spend less than you earn. If you can stomach a drawdown of 50+ percent, then invest your savings in a…
Isaac Newton said, “What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.” Click here to read the rest.
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A journey to a thousand miles begins with one step. I published my first blog on The Joys of Compounding almost six years back. Today I am writing my 250th post. In it, I am sharing the name of the books that I enjoyed reading in 2018. Click here to read the rest.
I am continuing with my endeavor of listening to Berkshire AGM while commuting and before falling asleep. I wrapped up with 1998 today. The topics discussed in the AGM are multidisciplinary ranging from business, investing, learning, and life. I am enjoying it like a kid in the candy store. Last time I came across a…
Let us time travel to 1970. You’re sitting on the shores of Marina Beach. You are 35 years old, self-employed, having a family with two kids. You are working hard and saving up money to construct a home. It might take a decade or two to realize your dream to own a home. Click here…
