Manhish Pabari
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Manhish Pabari
@Lou_CCurtis
Pabrai Funds, The Dakshana Foundation, @wagonsetf ; author of The Dhandho Investor and Mosaic. Views are my own.
Katılım Haziran 2012
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It is nearly impossible to know which great businesses will remain great. Our Portfolio Manager, @MohnishPabrai, explains why owning only great businesses increases the odds that you can capture one or two exceptional winners that can drive the outcome.
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The last student we visited in Uttarakhand was Sumit.
Sumit lives in one of the most remote villages we visited. His family is part of a large joint household that includes his parents, younger sister, grandfather, great-uncles, cousins, and their children. It was the largest joint family we met during the trip. Although the home itself was spacious, reaching it required nearly seven hours of driving each way through the mountains from the nearest major town.
Sumit will be joining IIT Kanpur to study Mathematics and Computing. He is the first student from anywhere within roughly a 10-kilometer radius to earn admission to an IIT.
Sumit grew up in the Bageshwar district, nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas. It was one of the greenest and most beautiful places we visited. His father works as a driver, and his immediate family survives on less than $85 a month.
Sumit attended JNV Bageshwar from Classes 6 through 12. Many alumni from JNV Bageshwar had gone on to Dakshana and eventually IIT, so once he arrived there, he had mentors who showed him what was possible. Before that, his family had been working to escape poverty for generations.
His parents told us that when Sumit was about seven years old, he woke up at one o'clock in the morning in a panic because he thought he had forgotten to finish his schoolwork. Ever since then, they said, he has worked tirelessly to be the very best student he could be.
That work ethic continued at Dakshana. After classes each day, when many students would spend their free time relaxing or studying casually in groups, Sumit could usually be found in the classroom working through more practice problems. Evening after evening, he kept studying until late at night. That dedication paid off.
I used to join my father on these trips when I was a teenager. They became some of my favorite memories and were a big part of why I fell in love with visiting India. They also gave me the chance to see a side of the country that even many Indians never get to experience. I'm already excited for my next Dakshana road trip next summer.
If you'd like to learn more about Dakshana and students like Sumit, I'd encourage you to read through the annual reports.
dakshana.org/reports/
@MohnishPabrai @DakshanaIndia




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[Locked room, dim flashlight, cryptic code on the wall—can you crack the final puzzle in 60 mins ♂ #EscapeRoomAdventure]
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Spent the morning wandering the coastal lanes u0026 catching the sunrise over the bay – perfect solo trip mood #DailyAdventures,
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