Archive for the 'Books and book review' Category

Weekend in Pune!

Last weekend was spent in Pune…and almost wholly on investor education! On Saturday I attended a workshop by MoneyLife magazine – a personal finance magazine run by Debashis Basu and Sucheta Dalal – both veteran journalists (ok people born before 1970 are veterans for those who did not know ). So obviously they know most [...]

Book review of Retire Rich: Invest Rs. 40 a day

Manish of Jagoinvestor.com has some nice things to say about my book. I know he bought it and read it long ago…here is his review… http://www.jagoinvestor.com/2010/08/review-of-book-on-retirement-retire-rich-invest-rs-40-a-day.html and my comments on the comments are here: http://www.jagoinvestor.com/2010/08/review-of-book-on-retirement-retire-rich-invest-rs-40-a-day.html#comment-12296

Event went off well! Thanks!

Event went off well…about 40 friends whom I was meeting for the first time, Deepa did a great job. Anusha, Bijal had organised it well..31 people bought copies. Status update: 19,000 retail copies sold…(corporate sales: 23000). Lot of people WORRIED about retirement I guess. Thanks to all those who tried to come, hopefully will do [...]

Ayn Rand: Must Read Page

I hope there are many readers of my blog who are fans of Ayn Rand. She surely made a whole generation think about money in a more positive light. Of course agreeing with her philosophy of the ‘Art of Selfishness’ is difficult, it is at least a thought. I do not know whether I am [...]

What an MBA student should know..

How to read a book? – this could have been the title. However since normally this question is asked by my MBA students, I decided to say “What an MBA student should know..” Read on: I have been asked this question many times, so I thought it nice to put down the answer in a [...]

Retire Rich…a book review!

this book review was done by a 24 year old girl……I am happy that such a young person read the book. Here are her comments…. Retire Rich Invest Rs 40 a day! Excited, you feel adrenaline rush down your blood… wait a minute – if you are in your 40s and think that 40 a [...]