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October 8, 2026

Cover Illustration a Funnel of Four Narrowing Navy Bars Labelled All Listed Businesses High Return on Capital Steady Dividends and Low Spending on Machines Ending in a Small Gold Bar for a Handful Under the Headline the Three Sieves

The Three Sieves: How Chandrakant Sampat, India’s Original Value Investor, Narrowed a Whole Market to a Handful

A grandmother sifts flour through a sieve so that only the fine part passes. Chandrakant Sampat did the same with the stock market, using three plain questions. Here is how they work, and why they still teach us something.

October 7, 2026

Cover Illustration Three Navy Bars Showing What an Idli Stall Can Do in an Hour at Each of Three Steps Grinding 300 Steaming 120 in Gold and Serving 200 Under the Headline the Slowest Step in the Kitchen

The Slowest Step in the Kitchen: Why a Business Can Only Move as Fast as Its Bottleneck

Every business is a chain of steps, and the whole chain can only run as fast as its slowest one. Knowing where that step is, and what it costs to widen it, tells you a great deal about the quality of the business.

October 6, 2026

Cover Illustration a Navy Bar for a Normal Years Profit of Twelve Lakh Rupees Next to a Tall Gold Bar for a Bumper Years Profit of Thirty Lakh Rupees Under the Headline Fix the Roof While the Sun Shines

Fix the Roof While the Sun Shines: What a Business Does With Its Best-Ever Year

Any business looks wonderful in a bumper year. The more useful question is what its owners do with the extra money: strengthen the business, or stretch it, so that a normal year becomes a hard one.

October 5, 2026

Cover Illustration Two Bars Side by Side a Short Gold Bar Showing a Profit of Four Lakh Rupees and a Tall Navy Bar Showing Sixteen Lakh Rupees That a Slow paying Customer Owes Under the Headline Who is Standing at the Counter

Who Is Standing at the Counter? How to Judge the Quality of the People a Business Sells To

Two pickle makers can report the same sales and the same profit, and still be very different businesses. The difference is who is standing at the counter: whether the customers can pay, pay on time, come back, and stay for reasons beyond the lowest price.