Anupam Kher went to Delhi and said ‘the constitution should be changed’…now the ‘leaders’ of the dalits…decided that he could get some publicity (i refuse to name him). He decided to throw stones at his house…obviously his purpose was served. I still remember a rally in Mumbai (Rajiv Gandhi’s visit)..when one of the ‘blue’ supporters […]

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Long ago when I asked the mutual fund regulator’s office why there were no Mergers and Acquisitions happening in the mutual fund industry he said ‘because it is easy to get a new license’. Chuckle Chuckle. Now 3 companies Indiainfoline, Union Bank of India with KBC Asset Management and India Bulls have all got the […]

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Just stepped down in our building to stand near a dead body being removed. Had no intention of going to the cemetary…suddenly there were not enough people willing to touch a dead body.  Whatever be the reason this was the first funeral of a person whose name I do not know. This was the mother […]

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On 9th April at 3.30 pm and on 10th April at 4.30pm Cnbc will telecast a program co-produced with NSE. This is a program on basic investing and I said the same simple things…start investing, compounding will work, gold is a commodity which has done well, real estate is a saving asset…and also answered some […]

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did one chotta program for Nse and Cnbc..at Allahabad Saturday 3.30pm and Sunday 4.30pm (Same program, repeated) …if u are near a TV set and there is no re-re-re-replay of the Indian world cup victory…please watch… sheer ego makes me put this post. Not very sure that you will benefit by watching, my ego will […]

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Well there are (were?) many ways of selling life insurance. The more important ones are agency, bancassurance, brokers, and of course the great Multi Level Marketing. The agency model is the toughest to build and even those companies which claim to have a big agency models are seeing the productivity go down. It is much […]

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