End of 315-week rally: Vessel is now changing; hope masala doesn't run out

In the initial years, there were a lot of quotes and one-liners from recent movies. While the attempt was to be clever and light hearted, some serious readers thought this took away the focus

A brief was asked by the bosses for a ‘periodical’ for the Smart Investor pages sometime around Diwali of 2011. The initial plan was to have a twice a week and 500-word column, to try and capture broad trends in the stock market, and explain regulatory developments around it.

Overcoming some initial hiccups and mental blocks, the first piece on increasing tussles between investors and investees was sent out in the third week of November. The clumsy ‘Beating around the Bulls’ alternative made the choice easy and Street Food was born.

For six years, it has discussed people, policies and