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…
I have been developing a new habit for the last ten days. What’s that habit? I have been listening to Berkshire’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) starting from 1994. How long will I take to complete it all? There are 25 AGMs, and each one would be 5 hours long. If I spend 1.5 hours on average…
Suppose you were lucky to have Uday Kotak as your friend. It was November 1985, and Uday Kotak knocks on your door and offers you to invest one lakh rupees with him. Knowing him personally, you decided to partner with him. Click here to read the rest.
I gave a presentation recently for Indian Investing Conclave Alpha Series. In it, I talk about my approach to investing and a few learnings I had from my recent trip to India. Click here to watch the presentation.
Peter Bevelin is a master in extracting critical passages from great books. He organizes these key passage into themes. Some of the advantages of the theme-based organization are easy lookup, easy recall, and it helps our associative brain as themes act as the central node on which we can hang other ideas and experiences. Click…
I was casually going through the mark sheets of my postgraduate degree in computer science. I scored good marks in all subjects including CPTS (Computer Peripherals and Troubleshooting). Had someone came to me right after the CPTS exam and asked me to troubleshoot a computer I wouldn’t have had a clue. The funny thing is…
