In 2008, GE was desperately calling the US Finance secretary to say ‘we are about to default’ AiG was bailed out so that Goldman Sachs could be saved AiG was paying its traders (hold your breath 30% of Revenue) for bringing deals, mind you not a %age of profits, but gross revenue JP Morgan, Morgan […]
Not sure how many of you even remember the big printed (8-9 pages) airline tickets (not too long ago – 2002 it was still in vogue)…the travel agent (without whom you could not book the tickets), the discounts of 8% that the agents gave (to people who asked!!), or the free ticket for the wife […]
People think the UPA is unable to deal with the Left that is outside the UPA. Actually the left that they have INSIDE the congress is worse. Congress is trying to bring back the license -raj and take the country back…by 10 years at least. Here, the normally sedate India Today has done a nice […]
If you have a lot of money and can afford many things, life is great – Economics. If you have a lot of choice, it adds stress – Psychology. Walk into a typical wedding I attend, the range of food that is available normally numbs me. One of the weddings had a FULL range […]
The simple art of writing an astrology column or appearing on television is to write in a way that you say nothing. Let us take some typical lines (in astrology): -those who are single will find somebody attractive to spend your life with. – business travel could be difficult, take care of your health. – […]
What happens when you see a mirror? do you like what you see? If no, do you break the mirror? Well frankly we would love to, but that is not the answer, right? Similarly when we see filth (Mumbai stinks, dammit) around us, we say ‘Oh Navi Mumbai is not like that’ or some such […]
Aamir Khan did a story in Satyameva Jayate where he painted the doctors black. He said: there are huge (50%) kickbacks generic medicines are not prescribed, only branded ones are doctors perform unnecessary operations. Let us take the case of other professions: Chartered accountants, insurance agents, etc are also accused of  kickbacks unnecessary complications in […]