So many people have asked me this question, in so many conditions, that I really do not know what to say! I have replied to this in many ways, so let me try one more. The simple answer is NO. However like most human beings you may want a more complex answer, right? There […]

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  I get a little amused when 24 year old anchors analyze SRT’s shots and say ‘He should not have played this shot’…there is a Marathi saying…which is so un-parliamentary that I cannot use it on my site, but fits it well. SRT has played great cricket and led a great life – I am […]

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When a fresh graduate in any discipline is looking to a career option, the accounting institutes do not pitch for your attention. The CA institute and the Costing institute do not go to colleges or make any decent attempt to grab your attention. I know of one girl who was told ‘all the work done […]

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I have been speaking to people who are about to retire or recently retired…and this is a kind of trend that I am seeing: a. They have NO clue about how much they will require for a comfortable life ahead. b. For many of them they say TAX is a big worry. c. Not enough […]

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  This post is a result of a lot of feedback. It is easy to sit and criticise. India is dirty, there is no infra, women are treated badly, corruption… We all know that. The generation born in the 1930s, right up till the 2000s have surely failed us. We have a choice – crib […]

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Over the course of your investment life, you will receive a lot of help from well meaning people (completely incompetent in investing but some with empirical evidence of luck in investing). Some of it will sound as follows: 1. Invest in Life Insurance policies like ULIP: this advice will come in the second month of […]

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  It is now compulsory for many companies to file their Annual Returns in XBRL format. Let us look at the process involved in doing this: One of the methods of getting it done is by giving it to a service provider, who will take the data from you, and convert it into xbrl. You […]

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