Archives for August 2026

Value Investing Workshop in Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai: Before we begin, a quick personal note. I’m bringing my full-day offline Value Investing Workshop to three cities this September. I run it in each city just once a year, so this is your window for 2026.

• Chennai — Sunday, 6th September
• Bengaluru — Sunday, 20th September
• Mumbai — Sunday, 27th September

Each is a full day, 10 AM to 5 PM, kept to a small room of around 40 people so I can actually get to your questions. It’s a day on the principles, frameworks, and mental habits of sensible value investing, no tips, no jargon, just the thinking that helps ordinary investors build wealth slowly and stay calm through every market. Whether you’ve never bought a stock or have been at it for years, you’ll leave able to do the work yourself.

The early-bird seats have now filled. The next 20 seats in each city are still open at discounted prices. Once those go, the price steps up, and once a city’s room is full, that’s it until next year.

Click here for details and registration.

Now, on to today’s letter.

We grow up with this one idea of ‘freedom’, which is that freedom means no limits. There are no rules, no schedule, and nobody standing over you telling you what to do.

It’s like a huge open field with no fences anywhere, and you’re standing right in the middle of it, and you can walk in any direction you like. Isn’t that the dream for almost all of us?

Value Investing Workshop in Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai: Before we begin, a quick personal note. I’m bringing my full-day offline Value Investing Workshop to three cities this September. I run it in each city just once a year, so this is your window for 2026.

• Chennai — Sunday, 6th September
• Bengaluru — Sunday, 20th September
• Mumbai — Sunday, 27th September

Each is a full day, 10 AM to 5 PM, kept to a small room of around 40 people so I can actually get to your questions. It’s a day on the principles, frameworks, and mental habits of sensible value investing, no tips, no jargon, just the thinking that helps ordinary investors build wealth slowly and stay calm through every market. Whether you’ve never bought a stock or have been at it for years, you’ll leave able to do the work yourself.

The early-bird price holds for the first 20 seats in each city, or until 25th August, whichever comes first.

Click here for details and registration.

Now, on to today’s letter.

I have spent most of my life studying compounding. And the older I get, the more I notice that it doesn’t only happen with your wealth, but also in your health, very slowly.

Every meal is a transaction. Every night of sleep is a deposit or a withdrawal. Nobody sends you the account summary. The audit just arrives one day, years later, all at once, in a health report.

The Almanack of Good Life is where I share all that I am reading and reflecting upon about living a good life. In this age of constant information overload, I’ve found immense value in taking time to pause and reflect upon meaningful insights about life. This newsletter is my way of sharing that journey with you.