It is the financial literacy month in the US. So obviously there are many programs around the country spreading financial literacy. Many colleges like Wake Tech Community College and universities like Tennessee University are among the more prominent and interactive ones. My take on financial literacy is, it should be a FINANCIAL LEARNING program and […]
At the outset let me clarify – this post was not triggered by Aamir Khan’s Satyameva Jayate. I was told that the participants were nicely picked up from their homes, put up in a nice hotel, treated very well, given gifts – and they were overall very happy! Be that as it may, this […]
Please remember the Indian Army has not been tested since 1971. We have no clue how well prepared it is to take on a war even by Bangladesh…. And our army cannot get its General’s date of birth right… In Kashmir they ‘need’ to be there to keep it normal – does it sound like […]
Let us take a typical Punjabi wedding in north India….there are many people who carry guns and fire in the air. Why the do it does not matter, but they do it. Or let us take the case of a kid who is asking his mother permission to go to a friend’s house – and […]
This is second in the series of what is an Idr..let us see who are the participants: Main Players: Issuer Company, Overseas Custodian, the domestic depository, and the Registrar and Transfer Agent Issuer company: Foreign Listed Company – i do not know whether there is any quality criteria. The investor gets an exposure to the […]
Only a person who has slept hungry may be able to appreciate this. While writing about the first incident I get goose pimples – and the incident is etched in my mind like it happened yesterday. It happened in 1988 or 1989, not sure about the year. I will not name the participants as most […]