Fluent in finance? Me neither.

My friends at Value Research once called out my tendency to zone out in the middle of conversations. Mid-sentence, mid-thought, even mid-coffee. I couldn't tell them the real reason—that it was my brain's natural response to sentences like: "You should consider an ELSS via SIP for the tax benefits, or maybe park your idle funds in an overnight debt ETF depending on the NAV." The finance world seemed to operate like Fight Club, except the reason I couldn't talk about it wasn't because of any rule, it was because nothing made sense.

This article was originally published on April 12, 2025.