Stop whining about all the losses in stocks...this was one of the single best 12-month period to make money! The mistake people make is to only think of going long - investing means buying stocks. Almost everyone, at some point, knew that things were really bad and that the stock market would go down. But, they did not know how to go short or did not have the courage. Once people realize that going long or short are just mirror images of each other, then they can benefit from all kinds of markets.
I spent the 90's short the market and this decade long the market :)
Srini Anumolu
Friday, March 13, 2009
Friday, July 20, 2007
Aging - part 2
Saw "Nishabd" - the Amitabh, RGV movie that neither the controversy it should have nor did anything much at the box office
All the reviews I read about this movie were uniformly negative - panned the story or criticized RGV for chickening out and making the movie as sexual as a children's cartoon
What no one talked about was Amitabh's amazing acting - probably one of his best movies to date. Yes, the story was not really believable, the other actors were lame, Jiah Khan was irritating...but where else can you see Amitabh is a serious role, playing his age and emoting with his eyes more than his baritone voice? RGV used him to great effect in "Sarkar" with extreme closeups of Amitabh's ravaged hands...here it is the bags under his eyes, the lined, weathered face that speaks volumes...Old age is a bitch and the great thespian shows you what it really is like
- Srini Anumolu
All the reviews I read about this movie were uniformly negative - panned the story or criticized RGV for chickening out and making the movie as sexual as a children's cartoon
What no one talked about was Amitabh's amazing acting - probably one of his best movies to date. Yes, the story was not really believable, the other actors were lame, Jiah Khan was irritating...but where else can you see Amitabh is a serious role, playing his age and emoting with his eyes more than his baritone voice? RGV used him to great effect in "Sarkar" with extreme closeups of Amitabh's ravaged hands...here it is the bags under his eyes, the lined, weathered face that speaks volumes...Old age is a bitch and the great thespian shows you what it really is like
- Srini Anumolu
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Aging
Wonderful article on aging by Atul Gawande in New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/30/070430fa_fact_gawande
First of all, Gawande is a wonderful writer...if you like this article, do buy his books
Amazing article about aging and how the body changes as we age!
What stuns me is the lack of concern for older people in US - everyone is aware that their mental needs are not met since they get shunted to old-age homes and are effectively cutoff from society...unlike in countries like India where they are part of a large family till they die
What is shocking is that even their health needs are not met in this great country that has so much wealth
- Srini Anumolu
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/30/070430fa_fact_gawande
First of all, Gawande is a wonderful writer...if you like this article, do buy his books
Amazing article about aging and how the body changes as we age!
What stuns me is the lack of concern for older people in US - everyone is aware that their mental needs are not met since they get shunted to old-age homes and are effectively cutoff from society...unlike in countries like India where they are part of a large family till they die
What is shocking is that even their health needs are not met in this great country that has so much wealth
- Srini Anumolu
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