Try being a senior citizen in this country! Just day to day living is made tough by the service provider. Make no mistake when I saw the ARPU for airtel going up, I was happy – I am a shareholder and my latest buy was at 276! So in this bad market it is making […]

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I have a reliance mobile number (CDMA) – and have numerous complaints about people unable to reach me. Was wondering am I alone or all service providers just as bad…and what is the procedure for shifting from Reliance (cdma) to some other provider….. happy to have your feedback…

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Babar Zaidi is a soft spoken nice person who rarely hits very hard – even in extreme provocation. However he has written an article saying ‘You deserve to be cheated’ in ET Wealth…a good read. I thought writing things like ‘You deserve to be cheated’ is my prerogative…but now I have competition. In life you […]

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I started off as a big fan of Meru….a few years back, not sure about the dates but I think this is circa 2006-7. Used it extensively by standing in a queue at the airport, called them in the morning for going to the airport. Outside of Mumbai, it was clearly THE choice – so […]

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this post is being repeated. Had posted it earlier for a few hours…but was removed..because there was some more important ‘breaking news’ story…so it is coming up again… A few days ago I did a training for a Wealth Management Company. Not too keen to mention client names..but it was a high quality client and […]

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We have all been using toothpaste, shampoo, soap, malt drinks, Bournvita, Horlicks, Complan…..even though we may be new to life insurance, pension plans, etc. If you see the pictures on the cover of the items that you buy you see pictures of how much to use. The toothpaste cover shows toothpaste from one end of […]

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So as expected the ULIP bill is passed. I am not sure about my numbers but if the mf sales: ulip sales is 1:300, to even think the MF industry will be called for a meeting sounds funny. The mutual fund industry in India is going through a real hard grind – some partly its […]

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