The worst types of lies are when you tell lies to the man whose face you see in the mirror while shaving! There cannot be a better line than that, can there be? Last week I was speaking to a cousin who has just retired – and is likely to get a few million in […]
Lying is in 2 parts – suppressio veri and suggestio falsi. For those not very conversant with law, these are words which may sound like Greek or Latin, well it is! Suppressio Veri is when you hide the truth, and suggestio falsi is when you actually tell a lie. Let us put it this way. […]
There are such dangerous things that people write, tweet, sms or talk to me about, I keep wondering from where they learn it. I guess it must be from some of the teachers in school, college or worse business schools. If you learn wrong things about physics or chemistry you will learn quickly and will […]
I am a Lance Armstrong fan. Sorry make it I WAS a Lance Armstrong fan. Let us be clear. He is a cheat, who came clean only after he was caught. He can no longer be virtuous and keep saying ‘they are troubling me’. Think of the trauma that his competitors went through….really sad for […]
lies, lies and statistics… As a rule, I do not watch television, but last week i watched the first 5-7 minutes of Satyameva Jayate – Aamir Khan’s new serial on Hero vs. Villain. When I say Hero vs Villain I mean AK’s one sided show which has a HERO (AK) (whom you HAVE to support […]
Well I have always wondered about statements like ‘the numbers tell you the story’ or ‘numbers lie’ …well Numbers may not lie, but liars figure a way to present the numbers LIKE THE TRUTH! Let us look at some numbers….Recently I got a post on FB showing the claim settlement ratio of the life insurance […]
We all know who writes columns of lies, lies and honest lies, so here is a dig… Look at the Quantum Mutual fund advertisements which appeared in the national press. The advertisement says “we have eliminated distribution commission…” so your money works for you. There are 2 types of charges that a customer pays in […]