Yesterday I was hearing the story of a man who supported his 5 sisters (one of them widowed) almost all his life. Typical government employee he had an irresponsible father who had 8 children. The son qualified as an engineer and joined government service. Then it was up to him to support his father through […]
I know of a friend who is about 45 years old and he has NOBODY in the world. A single child, his father was also a single child. His mother was a rebel who did not keep in touch with anybody at all. Now after his parents death he has nobody at all. It is […]
The number of school teachers in the country is quite a large number – surely runs into tens of millions. Is it surprising that there are no websites or books meant for teaching investing to school teachers? No. Actually it is not. School teachers in India (on an average) are paid pretty badly and do […]
I am not sure whether Abuse of women by their partners is big or sexy enough for Aamir Khan to cover in Satyameva Jayete. I am seeing many cases of abuse, but in this blog I am planning to cover only one type of abuse. First of all there are 3 types of abuse that […]
Mostly people tell you ‘I bought a house for Rs. 50 lakhs’. Great. A house is rarely just the cost that the broker told you when you bought the house. Have you seen what are the associated costs? Cost of the house is Rs. 50 lakhs. Assuming you did not have any money for down […]
Not how many kids listen to their parents. Well, this is not a new problem – 4000 years ago Socrates had this problem too. I am talking about investing / making education or career choices, making marriage choices…kids blame their parents for everything! I am not sure if you should ask or listen to you […]
Some of the dreaded questions that this gen asks is so scary…. 1. What do you do? (in the last 30-40 years it has got scary) 2. What is your educational qualification? 3. Where do you live? (location: Country including PinCode) and 4. What car do you drive? Frankly there is a big mafia out […]