
Pranab Garg
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Well, Switzerland immigration department or State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) which is based out in Bern doesn't really think very highly of India. One of the well settled, well to do applicant was rejected by Switzerland that rejection was a surprise but applicant insisted on appeal so we went ahead with it. 1.) It's not free, you pay an additional fee of CHF 200 2.) It's not dealt by embassy but directly by SEM, no additional documentation are allowed while submitting the appeal. 3.) Weirdly SEM emailed back asking for documents which were not allowed by embassy 4.) Now the most brutal part is what they think about us- read the appeal rejection letter. The image that a lot many countries have about India is why many visas get rejected. Small tip- No matter what, never waste your money on Switzerland appeal. We recently had a client who applied on their own and got rejected, came to us we worked and re-applied visa approved.


I've known @karthikrangappa for almost 30 years. My first interaction was me trying to sell him a Reliance Money demat account as a sub-broker. 😄 In 2014, he was teaching markets on the side while figuring out his next thing. I asked if he wanted to build a proper financial education platform at Zerodha. He said yes on the spot. That's how Varsity started. 12 years, millions of readers. No paywall, no ads, no signups, no spam. He still personally replies to reader questions in the comments. In between, he built Varsity Live, Varsity Junior, Rupee Tales for kids, and more. And now he's turned Varsity's first module into a book, A Beginner's Guide to the Indian Stock Market. Bodybuilder, photographer, teacher, author, coder. What isn't he doing. 😄 Btw, we keep joking with him, is all this education obsession really just a 25-year project to fix his image with his father-in-law, who happens to be a legendary educator himself? 😄











The real wealth in the last decade wasn’t created in large caps… it came from Mid & Small caps (SMIDs) That’s where growth is faster. That’s where future multibaggers emerge. That’s where alpha lives. Investors have used PMS to capture this opportunity, but with trade-offs - tax inefficiency, high costs and gap between model and actual portfolio returns. Mutual funds solve for tax efficiency, but operate within defined universe. Min 65% mid/smallcap exposure criteria. So, we thought of combining SMID alpha with MF-like efficiency and professional management. So.. here we are. Altiva Equity Ex-Top 100 Long-Short Fund (SIF) A SMIDCap portfolio designed to generate alpha in a more tax and cost-efficient way vs PMS and AIFs. Why SMIDs? - High growth, high alpha potential - Breeding ground for future multi-baggers - Recent corrections = reasonable valuations ti enter - Large universe (stocks 101-750) having unexplored opportunities What makes this SIF different: - 35–45 high-conviction stocks - 90–100% exposure to SMIDs - 0–10% flexibility to have derivatives/cash/large caps to manage risk & alpha - Positioned between Mutual Funds and PMS. Best of both worlds. - Aimed to have Midcap+ risk-return profile Backed by 15+ years of SMID investing experience, and strong track record in Midcap and Smallcap Funds. @iRadhikaGupta @EdelweissMF








Unique Protest: A frustrated man in Bilaspur (CG) gifted a pack of almonds to a government official so she could remember where his file was. He allegedly made 50 visits in the last few months to this housing board office only to face the same excuse of a 'missing file'.










The fear of @khurpenchh team is real amongst the Civil servants I was having a conversation with my best friend who got the IRS last year and is currently undergoing training. He told me - people have kept their IGs private & they only accept request after confirmation over call

