Once upon a time long, long ago I was doing my CA. For doing this course one important thing to do is to do articles training for 3 years. I did my articles from Sharp & Tannan who were the statutory auditors of Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited. The year was 1983. One expense that I […]
Almost every day somebody asks me this question! This question can take many forms – sometimes a student doing is engineering asks this question or sometimes it is the student’s parent asking this question. Even when a kid is 5 years of age parents need to plan for a ‘good’ education. Good education normally means […]
In almost all trainings – whether it is a relationship managers training or a independent financial analyst’s training, one complaint comes through very loudly. It goes like this: “I have a client who invests 5 a month in a mutual fund regularly. However I am under tremendous pressure to sell him a unit linked plan […]
One big fascination for me is ‘Charity’ – right from who does it, how, why, etc. Even at the philosophical level I keep asking people whether giving away something that you do not need is charity or not a charity! One friend uses all his points in his credit card usage (and that includes a […]
Many people have heard or read about diversification but may not be aware of what it really means. Here is an attempt. One girl came up to me and said I need to invest in ELSS (equity linked saving scheme) for saving some Income tax what should I do. I suggested Hdfc Tax Saver and […]
If you are an Indian there is a lot to read even if you stick to just philosophy as a subject. To say one religion is good or bad you need to read about Hinduism, Mahaveera, Buddhism, Jainism, Christianity, Islam….before you can say it is good or bad. Now it is possible to read some […]
Suppose you are hungry while roaming around in a mall (or a road), what do you do? Largely you eat at the nearest attractive joint. Correct? Well if you had a ‘food planner’ he would advise you – See your Goal statement. You are hoping to lose weight, so curb the hunger. This hunger is […]