I have no love for Narendra Modi. However when I heard the real reasons for the US refusal of his visa (it has nothing to do with his so called anti Muslim attitude), I was shocked. No. I am not willing to put it here – simply because the source is trustworthy, but I will […]

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sorry I am unable to put the link to that story….because of some WordPress problem…i am unable to link anything to my stories.   Dna did the story and i have tweeted about it on twitter and fb…but not able to put it on my blog..check out DNA for the story..Sucheta and Debashis have also […]

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Well I have always wondered about statements like ‘the numbers tell you the story’ or ‘numbers lie’ …well Numbers may not lie, but liars figure a way to present the numbers LIKE THE TRUTH! Let us look at some numbers….Recently I got a post on FB showing the claim settlement ratio of the life insurance […]

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was just wondering whether to write about other things in life like running, cooking, eating, reducing weight, increasing weight… when suddenly on FB I got a notification from a friend Venkat…saying ‘hey I have posted about my Leh crewing trip… remember he took leave, did not get paid for doing it….just got excited and did […]

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As a person gets more and more powerful he thinks he can get away with whatever he is doing. Not that he will do only correct things, but that nobody will be able to touch him or her. In the olden days editors had a relationship with famous people and thus news items against them […]

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a friend runs a school for tribal people…this is Maharashtra… I once asked him ‘How are the students faring in the exam?’ He laughed and said ‘I do not really know….I am sure a 9 year old is walking 7 km to and fro to the school…because the food is good’ So true…reminded me of […]

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A couple of days back I said there is nothing new to write in personal finance – in my Facebook post. I still stand by it. Seriously there is nothing new that one can write about personal finance which is not already written…However the inefficiency at the execution level – of even well given advice […]

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