As a person gets more and more powerful he thinks he can get away with whatever he is doing. Not that he will do only correct things, but that nobody will be able to touch him or her. In the olden days editors had a relationship with famous people and thus news items against them […]
a friend runs a school for tribal people…this is Maharashtra… I once asked him ‘How are the students faring in the exam?’ He laughed and said ‘I do not really know….I am sure a 9 year old is walking 7 km to and fro to the school…because the food is good’ So true…reminded me of […]
‘Life insurance is a solicitation business…..’ well no comments! Now Hari Narayan wants the agency channel to close down and only the bancassurance business to survive. Completely from my portfolio point of view, I am very happy. Banks are in a great position to know what you do with your money – and they have […]
It would be so nice if Mr. Market had a blog where he could come and say ‘From today till Nov. 2014 I am going to be a bear’. Since there is no such blog or tweet we keep guessing whether we are in a bull market or a bear market…as outsiders mind you! It […]
We all need our fix. Cricket is a big fix (no pun intended!) and IPL is a great way of making money for everybody. Including the poor artist Sachin Tendulkar who obviously will claim 80 RR benefits as long as he can get it. Of course the powers that be decide that CSK should reach […]
Well, well. State Bank of India got a new Chairman and he wanted to start on a clean slate. Well the new broom cleans well…and it did. He decided to provide for the pensions as well as clean up the NPA requirement. This is a very bad reflection on O P Bhatt who had hidden […]
Many people get scared when they are asked to think of retirement. I do agree that Indians are innovative and can come up with some nice solutions…here are a few that I have seen. 1. a widower living with his unmarried sister: it could never have occurred to R that a simple solution of living […]