Nifty chart for last 3 months along with heavy weight stocks

On a 3 months chart, Nifty & Bank Nifty have gone nowhere, so are Larsen and Reliance. But the clear break-out comes from Sun Pharma and break-down at Infosys.

FII data and Nifty movement from June 10 to June 18, 2013

FII data along with Nifty Close from June 10 to June 18, 2013

Chart showing index futures influencing Nifty movement

Discovery of yourself

The Discovery of India

India is incredible. India is full of contrasts. India is unity in diversity. India is you.

When someone writes about India’s entirety, its history, geography, religions, languages, rulers, movements, almost everything under sun, it will not be a stand-alone book but it will be a book of books. Nehru’s The Discovery of India is full of foot notes, sometimes extending more than a quarter length of the page.

With this book, you will be set on a journey of 5000 years, starting from its roots in Harappa, touching up on Veda, Upanishads, practice of yoga, early Hindu rulers to Mughal sultans, arrival of East India Company, and freedom movement up to 1945.

By the time you are done with this book, you would have figured out what next to read or research. And when someone says he/she knows India enough, you can smile at them.

I am not taking on those who instantly criticize Nehru here, instead asking them to read this book to find that he was a well-read person with fine writing skills.

The Discovery of India

Alida Mele by Shivaram Karanth

This short novel written in first person begins with author receiving a letter from his friend who seeks help to act on some of the instructions after his death. 

Author travels to Mumbai to complete the last rites of his friend, takes possession of his goods and starts acting on his last wishes. And the life history starts opening up uncovering many of the finer details of his friend’s past life which author was not aware of when he was alive. Author travels to far away destinations meeting the relatives of his dead friend, goes through many embarrassing and tricky situations and takes his own calls wherever instructions from his friend are incomplete. 

It makes an interesting read as the central character is no more alive in the story but the whole plot revolves around him and his past actions.

Try Tagore and have stronger roots

If you want to read just one author and just one form of writing, it has to be Tagore and his short stories. I enjoyed reading ‘Cabuliwallah’ in my childhood, I think the new generation would also see value in his stories. All those students in schools, rebels at college, individuals with earning or no earning, middle aged going through a crisis, all kinds of people from all walks of like can find themselves or their future beings in Tagore’s stories.

Does not matter if you want to read a quick story in a bus or have whole night for reading, it is not the time you spend in reading but it is the time you spend later on to digest the story because the emotions triggered will not settle down so easily. It is stories like ‘The child’s return’ and ‘The trust property’ which moved me inwards and it took good time for me to come out of melancholy.

Want to get in touch with your human side again? Let Tagore be with you.

Collected Stories