Easier said than done. I travel extensively but ONLY within India. This means flights surely less than 3 hours. Now take 1 hour journey and a 1 hour waiting for the plane to board..and 1 hour to reach the destination. All it means is about 6 hours. Can I stay for 6 hours without food? […]

Subra you have no clue about the pleasures of owning a house My children can scribble or paint on a wall But Subra at some stage I have to buy no? RE gives 23% p.a. return over long periods of time So what if I earn only Rs. 6L p.a. my house is now worth […]

For millions of years man has had only one strategy. Getting more. So when we liked or loved something we chased it and got it. In cases of jobs, marriage, etc. we stopped at one – sorry many did not stop at one. They still continued their chase. So we chased and got (or did […]

For some of us born in the ’60s we have an INBUILT rationing machine which keeps asking ‘do you really need it’, ‘can you postpone buying it’ ‘can you hire it when you need’ – and you agonize over many purchases. I too have my share of buying mistakes and keep wondering why I bought […]

You started off as a rookie 24 year old in your first job. You promised yourself you will save once your salary increases. Some of you did it, some of you did not. You had an educational loan. You added on a car loan. You obviously went and bought a house. You have some investments. […]

The Madoff’s scam happened in 2009..when I wrote a piece for Reuters.in. This article is based on that piece. Madoff scam was really big and took the 2009 Christmas look terrible…the lessons are important..and VALID even in 2016. Once in a while a man comes along and takes people for a ride. What is amazing […]

Man cheats wife, takes a second wife. Wife finds out and starts having an affair – not wanting to give up comforts of money. Father in law finds out. Woman instigates elder son to kill Father in law. He obliges. Second son finds out about affair. Woman kills OWN son. 2 murders. 2 people in […]