These are 3 posts rolled into one: -What is new in the budget presented by Pranab Mukherjee – Advantages of ULIP or Why you should buy a ULIP -Advantages of smoking Sorry all the 3 headings I have nothing new to write. I heard a joke, can share. On Thursday night Pranab Mukherjee called Sachin […]

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Well, well you have to believe what the government tells you, right? No. Wrong. You need to see what is happening around you to guess what the growth rate can/ will be. 1. I spoke to a HR consultant she told me ‘Jobs paying more than Rs. 40 lakhs have just vanished. Recently when the […]

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There are a lot of people who do not conform. The sometimes do not do well academically in school, office, either marry late or marry badly, some marry ‘outside’ the community,….there are many non-conformist. To me the non-conformist is an enigma. Dr. Balamurali Krishna (he has all the awards other than the Bharat Ratna) is […]

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No not another ban, just another blog. Please also see ‘Sebi bans ulips’ post and the comments. Now we have another problem – the sports minister Mr. Gill has found that the DLF ad contains the word India – and that should not be allowed. Amazing how Mr. Gill has nothing to do but find […]

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There is now a decent size clamor for Sachin getting the Bharat Ratna. Easily the most prestigious award in the country it is normally given when person is dead or dying. There was no dispute when Pandit Nehru got it. Of course that was at a time when people like Maulana Abdul Kalam said government […]

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Yesterday (24 Feb 2010) belonged to the world’s most worshipped cricket player ever to have walked the earth. Welcome to the world of Sachin Tendulkar. He displayed a Master class in cricket – and a CD of his best innings with a voice over from Ian Chappell, Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Rahul […]

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