# Starting From Scratch? Here’s How To Build A Serious Equity Portfolio Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/paisa-vaisa-with-anupam-gupta-1043050/starting-from-scratch-here-s-how-to-build-a-serious-equity-portfolio Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/paisa-vaisa-with-anupam-gupta-1043050/starting-from-scratch-here-s-how-to-build-a-serious-equity-portfolio.md Podcast: [Paisa Vaisa with Anupam Gupta](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paisa-vaisa-with-anupam-gupta-1043050) Published: 2026-06-15T00:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/paisa-vaisa-with-anupam-gupta/starting-from-scratch-here-s-how-to-build-a-serious-equity-portfolio Audio file: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e0dce4b3-2eb8-48cb-822c-af1d00e03e20/b3d9fccc-662e-4aa7-a14a-af4e0097d44b/67288e9b-0334-44f2-be4e-b469015046f7/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=e2ba1850-2b92-4a77-b08f-af4e0097d46c Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/paisa-vaisa-with-anupam-gupta-1043050/episodes/starting-from-scratch-here-s-how-to-build-a-serious-equity-portfolio Duration seconds: 4060 ## Resource On this episode of Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam Gupta is joined by Harini Dedhia, Fund Manager at Tamohara Investment Managers, for a wide-ranging conversation on investing, stock picking, portfolio construction, AI, pharma, and the future of Indian equities. Harini shares her journey into investing, the hard lessons she learned from the stock market, and why she believes investing is simple but human behavior makes it complicated. She explains why the old “buy and forget” examples may not work the same way for today’s generation, why disruption has changed long-term investing, and what retail investors often get wrong when they act on public information. The episode also explores SIPs, midcaps, smallcaps, second-order thinking, DCF models, pre-mortems, global investing, and how serious equity portfolios are built. Harini breaks down Tamohara’s approach to finding businesses that can grow faster than India’s nominal GDP, gain market share, and compound over time. Anupam and Harini also discuss why India may not be an anti-AI trade, how AI could accelerate drug discovery, why pharma CDMO and API manufacturing matter, and how small engineering companies and premium consumption could become important investing themes. A sharp and practical episode for anyone interested in Indian markets, long-term investing, direct stocks, mutual funds, PMS strategies, and wealth creation. From decoding your personal finances to demystifying business models, Paisa Vaisa delivers candid, insightful, and jargon-free conversations. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, JioSaavn, Gaana & more Watch full episodes right here on YouTube Explore more at ivmpodcasts.com Connect with Anupam Gupta: Twitter: @b50 Instagram: @b_50 LinkedIn: Anupam Gupta Follow… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/paisa-vaisa-with-anupam-gupta-1043050/episodes/starting-from-scratch-here-s-how-to-build-a-serious-equity-portfolio/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/paisa-vaisa-with-anupam-gupta-1043050/starting-from-scratch-here-s-how-to-build-a-serious-equity-portfolio.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.