Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts:A Story of the Indian Stock Market

“Cheenti ko bistuiya kha jata hai, bistuiya ko mendak, mendak ko saanp nigal jata hai, nevla saanp ko maarta hai, bhediya nevle ka khoon choos leta hai, sher bhediye ko chabajata hai, idhar har taqatwar apne se kam ko maar kar jeeta hai”. This famous dialogue of Amitabh Bachchan in his 1990 blockbuster Agnipath, quoted in this delightful and insightful book “Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts- A Story of the Indian Stock Market” purports to sum up the pecking order of power in stock markets and how retail investors (a la Cheenti) are vulnerable to bigger players in the market.