ML: Could you tell us a little about your early childhood and where you were born?
AKK: I was born in Agra and we could see the Taj Mahal as well as the Agra Fort from our terraces – those are my early memories. As children, we used to go for a walk to the Taj, but didn’t realise its importance then. In our arranged marriage system, parents used to bring their daughters to the Taj Mahal for...

This seems to be the season for sector funds. Until now, it had been limited to infrastructure, as literally every fund house has launched infrastructure funds. Now, the next round of sector schemes is here -- hybrid sector -- funds that combine multiple sectors. In our last issue, we highlighted one such, Natural Resources and New Energy funds from DSP Merrill Lynch, which wants to combine...

These stocks figure in the best-performing funds as identified by us. Yet, their prices are sluggish. Are they worth buying? Analysis by Debashis Basu and Shailendra Lotlikar

There are fund houses with a good and consistent long-term record of beating their benchmarks. They have been around for more than five years, have ridden the phases of high market volatility, chosen stocks with care,...