I became an investor by accident. Through college, I did not have much interest in stock markets. The sports page and RK Laxman’s cartoon were all that I cared for. After graduation, I started interning with A.F. Ferguson & Co. (AFF, now part of Deloitte Haskins & Sells) and that is when I started to learn about businesses. Even then, markets weren’t on my radar. I was keen to know how cement was made and what compressive strength me...