Spiritual Investing

Narsingh Dev siting on the throne after killing Hriranyakashyap while Prahlad prays Have you ever hated someone so bad that your veins could just burst any moment? Or maybe someone got on your nerves so bad that you just can’t stand them anymore? Or maybe you had a meeting, or a conversation that didn’t go well?  Well, I used to hate my extended paternal family to the guts. For they got the better of us during the ancestral property split a few years back. I carried that baggage all these years. However, with time I have accepted to live with it and tried to move on.  Let me share two fascinating stories from our ancient past and another two from the corporate world that I suppose will present a strong case to address the matter at hand.  During satyuga, great sage Valmiki in Ramayana  tells us about the time of Ayodhya in Kosala kingdom when lord Rama returned home after defeating Ravana. He was crowned the king again after 14 years but this came at a cost. His ...

Let me confess. I am an eternal Warren Buffet fan. I absolutely enjoy reading his style of business selection for Investing. Let me try to give you a flavor of his style of managing businesses. The best analogy for him would that be of an Art Collector.  His 56 years-old company " Bekshire Hathway " looks after 72 odd businesses and their 35,000 employees worldwide. He calls himself an Art Collector as he is very fond of his paintings. His plan is to never sell them. Just imagine. A few mistakes or wrong decisions doesn't bother him as long as the competitive edge of business and passion of management is well alive.    what differentiates him is the fact that he allows the passionate owners to run their respective businesses. He neither calls or meet them unless they want to talk. He never asks for regular update reports or anything like other class of Investors known like VCs, PEs, etc. However, the only ingenuous thing he does with those businesses is to...

Marine Area, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Water adapts and adjusts its course when it encounters a stone or a shore. Whatsoever happens, it continues the journey. I believe my experiences and encounters with hurdles in journey of life has been quite eventful.  In fact, famous Bruce lee articulated it even better: “You must be shapeless, formless, like  water . When you pour  water  in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour  water  in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour  water  in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. ... Become like  water  my friend.” After completing my MBA, I came to Dubai. I joined a sales position in a shipping company which involved everyday  travel in my car within U.A.E. I meet lot of companies/people who, at sometimes willing but mostly unwilling, discussed the possibility of using our services.  Living in middle east for over half a decade, I had some trends  and observati...