Archive for October, 2011

Age has its advantages…only if you mature!

  Aging is compulsory, maturing is optional. Well as you age, your friends age too – the guys with whom you can let your hair down and paint the town red that is. We have all suffered from sexism (for a guy you know a lot about cooking and food, Subra), ageism (for a guy [...]

Government: Success or Failure?

What does a common man expect from the government? – Create an environment where the Private sector is willing to invest for a decent profit. – Law and Order -External Affairs -Defence -Judiciary – Infrastructure of the type in which the Private sector is too small to invest, or in which the government will (strategically) [...]

Inflation: Combat with smart spending tips!

This is an old article which I had written for MoneyControl about 4-5 years ago Some tips on smart spending! THE basic needs of man are food, clothing, shelter and entertainment. Today, most of us have graduated from needs to luxuries. When the newspaper headlines were screaming inflation at 11.9 per cent, it became a [...]

Do you need a Personal Trainer?

Many people go to the gym – and one associated expense is the Personal Trainer. Do you go to they gym? Do you feel the need for a Personal Trainer? Let us look at the cost of going to a Gym. Annual Fee: Rs. 35,000. And a Trainer should cost say Rs. 6000 a month. [...]

Moral Dilemma in Financial blogging…

  Not long ago I used to appear on TV at regular intervals. The channels that I used to appear regularly are ET TV, Bloomberg Utvi, and much less frequently on Cnbc and Cnbc Awaaz. So obviously PR agencies had seen me – and two of them approached me. One of them said ‘look at [...]

Recession and cost cutting!

How funny we keep seeing this cycle of ups and downs…In an up we believe there will be no downs…and in a down we believe there will be no up! I thinking cycling and running – two things that I do help you handle such situations well! If it is a route you know (or [...]