THE ONE RIGHT WAY – REVIEW OF PARAG PARIKH’S “VALUE INVESTING AND BEHAVIORAL FINANCE”

Of value investing, it is said, either you get it the first time you are introduced to it, or you never get it. I got hooked to value investing the first time I read an article on it.

Value investors in India would have heard of Parag Parikh, founder-chairman of Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services Ltd (PPFAS) and a value investor to the core. Parag Parikh has written a book Value Investing and Behavioral Finance: Insights into Indian Stock Market Realities (2009) which demystifies investing especially keeping Indian markets in mind.

INDIAN OCEAN STRATEGY – REVIEW OF ROBERT D KAPLAN’S “MONSOON”

Foreign policy experts have paid a lot of attention to Russia, China and the Arab states in recent times. In his book Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (2010), Robert D Kaplan, a security expert at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, argues that these people are sniffing up the wrong tree. The next big area that is poised to capture American geopolitical attention is the Indian Ocean.

OF MAGIC AND MYSTICISM – REVIEW OF FERNANDO MORAIS’ “PAULO COELHO”

Fernando Morais, an acclaimed biographer from Brazil, has written the “authorized biography” of his fellow Brazilian entitled Paulo Coelho: A Warrior’s Life (2009). Firstly I don’t see why he calls Coelho a warrior. Coelho, for the most part, seems to be tumbling through life rather than navigating through it.