Pallav Saraswat

12/08/2026

Changing Global System…
discussing on The Pallav Saraswat Podcast with David Morgan

08/08/2026

Changing Global Dynamics with David Morgan…

29/07/2026

South Korea market down by around -35% in a month…

Such rallies dont end nicely…

14/07/2026

Lets do the maths…

11/07/2026

Sucfessfully cleared another certification in Derivatives…

Lets start our journey in Futures and Options…

29/06/2026

Weak Hero: A real impactful cinema.

On the surface it is a high-school series about a quiet, physically slight top student, Yeon Si-eun, who refuses to bow to the bullies around him. Underneath, it is a study of power, restraint, and the true cost of conflict.

Three ideas stayed with me.

1. Malignant envy is the real antagonist

Si-eun is not hunted because he is weak. He is hunted because he is excellent and unbowed. So, they try to break him anyway.

This is malignant envy, instead of wishing to rise to someone's level, they try to drag them down to thiers.

2. Nobody wins

The series never glamorises the fight. Every "victory" leaves someone hospitalised, some friendship fractured, some part of the victor hardened and diminished. Hurt people hurt people.

3. When violence is inevitable, be precise

And yet the show is honest: sometimes conflict cannot be avoided. Si-eun does not seek the fight, but when cornered he does not flinch, hesitate, or go halfway.

I am yet to figure out what that boy could have done differently.

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The title *Weak Hero* is ironic. The "weakest" boy is the strongest, because he understands what the strong rarely do: real strength is measured by what you can endure without becoming what you despise.

Worth watching.

28/06/2026

25/06/2026

I got over 50,000 reactions on my posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉

24/06/2026

At the meeting of the Board of Studies GIBS Business School, Bangalore