For Anirudha Basak, time slows down in his ancestral city of Kolkata (previously Calcutta). A place where people take their own sweet time for banter and tea, it is the city’s āddā that he fondly reminisces.
Āddā is a salon-like gathering at which thoughts and persuasions of the day could be discussed in a good-natured, if sometimes vociferous, manner.
After he signed and sealed his love letter to the cultural capital of India, Anirudha went on to tell me about his banking newsletter - Bank on Basak. What began as a news repository for his personal reference soon became a trusted source that simplifies the Indian banking landscape for the rest of us.
From the mistakes that young people make when investing to the discipline of consistency, this conversation branches out and runs a wide course, not unlike the Hooghly river.
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Time Stamp
0:41 - The Story Unfolds
24:08 - Reading Room
29:16 - Newsletter Have You Ever