This is perhaps the most amusing comment i have read in recent times. I also like N Vittal’s statement – ‘you only hear bali ka bakra, do you hear bali ka haathi or bali ka Sher?’. Similarly for many of today’s writers (including yours truly) the easiest thing to do is to attack the bakra. […]
Are you a little surprised at the title when the government is proudly talking of inflation at -1.56%? Well you should be! But look at the ground reality. Monsoon is not great – this is bound to put a lot of pressure on dal and vegetables. Luckily for us oil is not rearing its ugly […]
Year: 2009 Month: July Mr. C B Bhave abolishes mutual fund loads. This event of abolishing loads by SEBI (on the mutual fund sales) there is increasing pressure on other regulators to reduce charges / fees. So the following scenario can emerge: IRDA has decided that all life insurance products – term, unit linked insurance, […]
A few days back while watching a dance reality show on TV I saw a girl – whose name I am not sure – sounded like “Hart Kaur” (in fact it kept sounding like hard core). I just happened to stop on that channel and this girl was narrating what she saw in 1984. She […]
I am doing a series of short “Why Management should be interested in Personal Financial Well-being of their employees – an Introduction to financial planning” seminars in the following locations on the following dates. This is being sponsored by myiris plus – a revolutionary personal finance software. It will be a 2 hour affair – […]
I know it is difficult for many readers to accept that they are poor because they call themselves poor! Have we wondered loud enough about is India poor? I regularly see articles and advertisement for houses costing Rs. 10 crores (2.5 million US $) – and many of the houses being sold out. Are they […]