This is a summary of what I have learnt from Pulak Prasad’s book – What I learned about investing from Darwin. Pulak Prasad’s fund Nalanda Capital invests in Indian public market companies. They do a phenomenal job of it. One rupee invested in Nalanda’s first fund at its inception in…

Dhanteras is the most special day of the year for CaratLane. One reason is that it’s the day we do our highest sales in the year and that too by a significant margin. But there’s a second reason which is equally special for me. It’s the day, we see the…

The number of new or interesting ideas that people share with you is a sign of how receptive the world thinks you are to new ideas. It’s your public perception. If you are not, then word gets around. People stop bothering. On the flip side, if distant ( depending on…

Most of the time, we know right from wrong. We know about most good habits and behaviours. We also know about the things which influence us to make bad choices. Biases. Emotions. Ego. Etc etc. So why do some people do the right things and some people don’t? The key is to be aware of all these things in the moment. In that…

I work for a digital company but I am a layman when it comes to AI. I might be asking a very stupid question here. I have an AI question based on a problem which I have been observing for years. This problem is the short listing of resumes or…

I watched the India Pakistan World Cup game in the Narendra Modi stadium. It was a great atmosphere. 1 lakh Indian fans, 99% of them wearing the blue Indian jersey, cheering in unison. There were crores more, doing the same, in homes and bars across the country. For a day…

This is another of my CaratLane Stories. More personal than the others. I call it the story of relevant experience. I can write. and laugh about it today because life has been very kind to me. People please dont get offended. This is all in good fun. This is 100%…

There is a well known genre of books called historical fiction As per definition, Historical Fiction is set in a real place, during a culturally recognizable time. The details and the action in the story can be a mix of actual historical events and ones from the author’s imagination as…