The thrilling meme stock ride that was GameStop is something that dominated financial headlines back in late 2020. While it was a fascinating main-stream media narrative (Retail vs. Institutions, Dumb Money vs. Smart Money, David vs. Goliath) to track back then, it was a pleasant surprise to find a limited docu-series from Netflix in my suggested watchlist... Continue Reading →
I've worked for a few years researching companies from the credit perspective, and when "The Bond King: How one man made a Market, built an Empire and lost it all" from former Bloomberg journalist Mary Childs, came under my radar of interesting business books to read, I had foolishly imagined that I would be done with... Continue Reading →
Reading the Financial Times is almost a pre-requisite when your work involves tracking European businesses. Financial journalists, especially the ones that lean heavily into the investigative journalism side, are definitely a different breed. To see the FT and their journalist Dan McCrum become the focal point of the Netflix documentary (Skandal! Bringing Wirecard down) on the downfall of the... Continue Reading →
Spotify, with a market cap of c.$16bn, is one of the rare success stories out of Europe, a region which in the past 2 decades has seemingly lost out on the tech frontier to Silicon Valley in the US. The past couple of years have seen multiple fictional docu-series chronicling the rise and mostly falls... Continue Reading →
Fake News and Biased Journalism are both undeniable truths of these troubled times we live in. Haven't we all complained after getting a migraine from the incessant screaming that takes place on the 9pm news on TV? As a centrist, I often find myself at odds with both the Left and the Right depending on... Continue Reading →
The aspect that I’ve come to love and appreciate the most has been the ability of the hosts to make critical, even scathing, commentary on the state of their nation, of-course wrapped in a healthy serving of jokes!
The last time I was denied tickets at the counter was Ghajini, over a decade ago! This time around I imagine I would be welcomed with open arms (what is the equivalent of a flying kiss for a hug, I wonder?)
Bulbbul is a fairy tale, on the slightly scarier, supernatural side. I’d be disappointed if I expected a “horror” movie, it isn’t one and shouldn’t be mistaken as one either.
Those were simpler times, innocent too. Social Media wasn’t as pervasive & all-consuming like it is today. And they were truly “Stars”- Distant, Elusive, Awe-inspiring, Aspirational.
Keeping alive our glorious tradition of crowning an industrious and gifted student every month, we’re extremely elated to announce that Anwesha Ahuja has been bestowed with the regal title of “Ballerina of the Month for January 2019”.
LDAB has exams this November, and there's an international twist to the proceedings!
Here's a profile of Mira, a young Dutch-Indian ballerina, whose crowned Ballerina of the Month for October 2018.
A series of anecdotes centered around an Egg Boiler.
The second blog post in a series centered around an egg boiler.
A series of anecdotes centered around the egg boiler.
Getting to know myself better. 