This Budget day, typically like past ones, saw equity market volatility as the new Budget announcements trickled in. Market players react compulsively to news flow. With such limited time to analyze the long term implication of the news, it is natural that the market goes through extreme movements on the budget day.

In 2014, I saw a crazy and an impossible dream. The dream was to run 42.195 kms Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (SCMM). Yesterday, I made it reality – my first full marathon in 40 years of being.

On the flip side, I suffered from painful knees, blisters on the sole of my right foot and a painful Iliotibial (IT) band. But my spirit is still intact. My mind repeated – ‘Bring it on, I can do and achieve whatever I want. Not only will I fight it out, I will win.’