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Risk and Reality
Risk is a fundamental concept in finance that can be difficult to define, yet it is essential for any investment decision. It is often confused with uncertainty. In reality, risk represents the imminent potential for negative outcomes to arise, stemming from the certainty that possibilities will be different from our expectations. Risk is certainty about…
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Mister Nobody’s Shelf Esteem
The road from Patna to Darbhanga is paved with concrete but carved by elements of nature. Every solar year, elemental flood gates open for much longer than game theory should permit. Water seeps through cracks, farmlands, livelihoods, and eventually touches concrete: one grain of sand at a time. Travelling from Patna, it takes three and…
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Where is Everybody?
“If there are so many stars and planets out there, Where is everybody?” – one of those friends.
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Races in Amusement Parks
Reflections from 31st December, 2011. “We are all rats. But not ordinary rats. We no more like cheese. We like to race. Life has become a rat race. We seldom know what we’re chasing. But we cannot afford to stop and think. There is no time to waste in thinking. Thinkers are mostly losers in…
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The Purple Envelope
“Keith, we never love people for what they are. We love their impressions in our minds.” A short story from 2012.
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Joy of Doing Nothing
“The sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.” – Blaise Pascal I’ve been living through a terrible experiment for the past few months. And here is a summary of the results. Doing “nothing” is easier said than done. The idea of doing nothing after a while of…
Twishmay Shankar 