“My favorite grandson passed away……” read my sms – my neighbor of 40 years was sending it to me on Jhanmashtami. Hey Krishna what is this..was the only thing I could ask the Lord…this cannot be a birthday cruelty God..then I realised why I was at a loss of words. Orphan, Widow, Widower,…are all words [...]
Recently, a friend of mine wrote a cheque for Rs 14,45,000, the sum total of the hospital and care bill for his father. And this amount was spent in less than six months. At least, this friend works in a great company has a great salary, and a very, very high savings rate. He knew [...]
Hi Students of the Graduating class of 2010, Here are some lessons which I wish somebody gives to all graduates. It does not matter whether you are a CA, MBA, a doctor, Engineer or a plain graduate. These lessons are the basics of finance which is nice to know and MUST to implement. Let us [...]
Almost every day somebody asks me this question! This question can take many forms – sometimes a student doing is engineering asks this question or sometimes it is the student’s parent asking this question. Even when a kid is 5 years of age parents need to plan for a ‘good’ education. Good education normally means [...]
Doing an article for the New year is easy. Just go to the article you did in the previous year…and change the year. However is a good list of resolutions that you can make – it is really useful if you made it already, just reiterate it, and follow it! So here it goes 1. [...]
Recently Mr. Sunil M Gavaskar celebrated his 60th birthday. Nothing great about it. His parents were around to bless him – this is a new phenomenon. Many people who are celebrating their 60th birthday are celebrating it with their parents around them. Many of these parents are pushing 80 – some are close to 90 [...]