This article appeared in MoneyControl….a few MONTHS ago… The market has gone nowhere in the past 4 years. When your financial planner / relationship manager / advisor told you that equities are for the long run he/she also said ‘long run’ means more than one year, correct? Well you invested when the index was 20000 […]
How Can You Get the Best Deal? Try creating a group or a pool if you have a friends circle / professional circle (like BNI), or any such group. Even if 3-4 of you are buying a car together there is a chance that you will get a good deal. Of course you must […]
We represent the gen born in the 1960s and we know everything. Yes everything. We represent banks, psu undertakings, life insurance companies, mutual funds,…and all the employers in India. Here listen: 1. “We will recruit you and invest in training” – do not believe this. We expect you to hit the market running on Wednesday […]
Normally there are a few times when people are serious about their goals: When they are trying to lose weight (I am talking about the serious guys n gals) When they are trying to write an exam (you know a 6 month effort can impact your NEXT 60 years!) When they are trying to meet […]
Not sure how many people know how media awards are given…it is a fantastic story in itself. I know one CTO of a large bfsi company (who is actually technically challenged!!) who got the ‘best use of technology’ award. I know his OWN colleagues telling me about his technology knowledge. Well we all laughed. I […]
Aging is compulsory, maturing is optional. Well as you age, your friends age too – the guys with whom you can let your hair down and paint the town red that is. We have all suffered from sexism (for a guy you know a lot about cooking and food, Subra), ageism (for a guy […]
Not long ago I used to appear on TV at regular intervals. The channels that I used to appear regularly are ET TV, Bloomberg Utvi, and much less frequently on Cnbc and Cnbc Awaaz. So obviously PR agencies had seen me – and two of them approached me. One of them said ‘look at […]