O M G!! You are saying good things about mutual funds?! This was the reaction of about 40 people I met last fortnight at a ‘pre-wedding’ food party at a Gujarati friends ‘so called’ party. The food was amazing and for a non 5* setting Rs. 1900 per plate was what I thought well, too […]

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There is an old story of 2 cats getting a piece of bread to be shared amongst themselves. Since the cats did not know how to share it, they decided to go to a monkey. The monkey agreed to play the arbitrator. He breaks the bread into two pieces – then he finds one is […]

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It is quite surprising that there is a BIG rich much higher stake financial stake life insurance industry which is being made to look like a villain. The Mutual fund industry is supposed to be a good one which charges much lesser than the life insurance industry. Amusing. Ask a distributor, it is far more […]

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On the 150th birthday of Rabindranath Tagore, here is a poem which all regulators in the world could use! Deven Your comments? Obviously it is Tagore’s most famous offering – Mind Without Fear (Gitanjali). It is of course inspiring. Words in brackets are mine… Mind Without Fear Where the mind is without fear and the […]

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In a severe blow to the Anil Ambani group (Adag) seeking cheap gas from elder brother Mukesh-led RIL, the Supreme Court on Friday (today 7th May, 2010) said that the Government of India has the right to the last word on pricing and utilisation of national assets like gas. The court held that all the […]

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I know of a person (whose wife was cribbing to me!) who gets into a new hobby every 1-2 years. That is not so bad. He gives up on the hobby with the same enthusiasm with which he started it. It could be anything. Suddenly it could be wine making. Or Golf. Or Photography! Only […]

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Amazing how many people die because they did not wear a helmet! Recently saw a news item in The Hindu. A 33 year old died falling in a ditch – work was going on, hit his head against the cable. Leaves behind a 6 year old. He was driving a bike – 15 years experience. […]

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