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 […]
Last week I was speaking to a friend who has just retired – and is likely to get a few million in retirement proceeds. Make no mistake she is rich and not really dependent on this amount of money. Her husband earns very well and they are what can be called “upper middle class” by […]
We really love our children. What do you do when you love something or somebody? Well some people have weird tastes….and of course we are educated, we love our country,…but we are busy, what to do? Well some people take time off from their busy schedule to work on some unimportant things like RTI and […]
Sunday..thoda sa philosophy! When ‘WM’ died and went to heaven, she was not very happy. She spoke to God and wanted to know how come she did not get many things in life that she wanted. God did not say anything. He just smiled at her and said ‘Kid go around Heaven and see everything […]
For many people doing their MBAs and CA there is always a challenge in defining financial services. Let us see what all financial services includes in India (as of now). Well it includes the following: Banking Life Insurance General Insurance Capital Market Services Mutual fund Leasing Hire Purchase Securitization Credit Rating Venture Capital Factoring Services […]
Is it possible for anybody to hurt you? The answer is actually NO. Normally we allow the other person the ‘right’ to hurt us. This actually happens by being too ‘attached’ to that person. ‘Attached’ is a funny word – it actually means you like that person, like to see him/her happy, laugh and cry […]
Every business – rather every social science (and loosely Investments are there) has some rules. For the vast majority many of these rules are very important. However sometimes it is necessary to go beyond the rules, break some rules, etc. to make money. This is what I am trying to say in this cover story […]