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Essays, case studies and explainers on how money actually behaves. Written to be understood, not to sell you anything.
Tax
Budget 2026 left the slabs alone, so the choice works the same way as last year. Three numbers settle it for almost everyone.
15 Sep 2026, 5 min read
Stock market
You hear “the market is up” every evening. Here's what that number is measuring, how it's built, and why it's not a scoreboard of the economy.
10 Sep 2026, 5 min read
Financial mistakes
None of them feels like a mistake at the time. Each one compounds, in the wrong direction, for years.
5 Sep 2026, 7 min read
Wealth creation
Most financial plans fail the same way: they assume a version of you that never gets scared, never gets a raise late, and never checks the app at the wrong moment.
31 Aug 2026, 9 min read
Market education
Double-digit falls happen in most years. Understanding why they happen makes them far easier to sit through.
30 Aug 2026, 6 min read
Money psychology
The market doesn't punish undisciplined investors as much as bad timing punishes disciplined ones. Here's the exact moment most SIPs die.
28 Aug 2026, 6 min read
Wealth creation
A step-up SIP isn't a New Year's resolution about willpower. It's a standing instruction that only needs one decision, made once.
25 Aug 2026, 5 min read
Investing
No star manager, no clever story, no forecast. Just the market's return at the lowest cost. That turns out to be hard to beat.
22 Aug 2026, 6 min read
Mutual funds
"SIP is always safer than lumpsum" is comforting and mostly wrong. The real difference is a risk you're not being told to price.
21 Aug 2026, 7 min read
Financial concepts
My family kept its savings safe for a decade. It wasn't until I actually did the math that I understood what "safe" had cost.
18 Aug 2026, 5 min read
Case studies
A composite of a pattern that repeats almost every IPO season in India — and the quieter decision that usually wins over a decade.
14 Aug 2026, 6 min read
Personal finance
Why I'm building a financial education platform from Hyderabad instead of another advisory business, and what I'm choosing not to build.
10 Aug 2026, 4 min read