Rakesh Sharma

Review Of Schulz And Peanuts: A Biography

In an interview with television anchor Al Roker towards the end of his life, Charles Schulz, creator of the phenomenally popular Peanuts comic strip, broke down into tears. “You know, that poor kid (Charlie Brown), he never got to kick the football. What a dirty trick to play, he never got to kick the football,”…

A Review Of Burton Malkiel’s A Random Walk Down Wall Street

The first piece of advice that we got from our business journalism professor in J-school was to forget all economic theories about markets. It was an odd piece of wisdom. I disregarded it and borrowed the Principles of Economics by Gregory Mankiw from a colleague. I never got around to reading the book because of…