I don’t understand the business models of Flipkart and Uber. See no logic in people saying business models like that of Flipkart will flourish but that of D-Mart will not.
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I myself am a private equity investor.
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Growth comes from chaos, not order.
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What India needs is ease of doing business and inherent faith in the ability of Indians to catch an opportunity.
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I want to work in water resources, as I think creating a string of check dams and utilizing water better is far more cost-effective than large stand-alone dams.
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I am not afraid of making mistakes. But my mistakes were those that I could afford. That’s very important: mistakes will happen but you must ensure that you keep them within limits you can afford.
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I found the stock market very intriguing because prices used to fluctuate, I used to wonder why the price fluctuates.
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I am not giving so much of my wealth that I should feel that I am a philanthropist.
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Everything which is good in life is dicey, including pretty girls.
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I am buying the most unpopular, most battered stocks, but then who knows?
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My father was always not concerned about the wealth I have, but every year he would ask me, how much have you given in charity? And how much taxes have you paid?
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You cannot artificially curb gold imports beyond a point. But I am hopeful it will happen because the rupee depreciation should by itself lead to a large growth in exports and some compression of imports.
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What leads to a growth – skills, demographics, natural resources, democracy, entrepreneurship – India has in abundant measure.
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These dire predictions of COVID are behind us. Covid is getting milder and people are learning to treat it better. The percentage of deaths is coming down. We are learning to live with it.
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I am interested in government spend quality, as it accounts for the biggest chunk of the social spending pie. Hundreds of foundations put together cannot equal what the government can spend.
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The first stock I bought was Tata Tea, the first stock where I made big money was also Tata Tea.
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But I can tell you markets are like women, always commanding, always mysterious, always volatile, always exciting and it is not a joke.
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I reflected a lot, I thought a lot on my 50th birthday. It has been one of the most important birthdays in my life, not in terms of celebration but in terms of retrospect.
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My father was also interested in stocks. When I was a young child, he and his friends would drink in the evening and discuss about the stock market.
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People will laugh at me, but when they ask me to make a wish for the next life, I will say I want the same parents, same brother and sister, same wife, same friends.
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The world is not going to fall as long as there is confidence in governments and in banking institutions and the financial system.
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Films are getting expensive by the day. They are making more money by the day.
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What happens is the market really booms when people really leverage and they really leverage when they make a lot of money.
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See, I’m a risk taker. If I feel very opinionated, I can really put the money on the table.
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Not being dogmatic has helped me become a better stock-picker.
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I do not think, like people say, that I am a guru or I know everything.
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Markets go up not because there is abundance of buyers, but because there is a lack of sellers.
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