Category Archives: Personal Finance

The Finance Minister presented his budget yesterday. All news channels are busy dissecting it and analysing it. A lot of “experts” become predictors of a lot of things. I remember Macbeth, Scene V, where in the Castle of Dunsinane, Macbeth … Continue reading →

A very Happy New Year 2015 to all readers. I am writing after a long gap. There are two reasons for it. One was my professional commitments. Secondly, and more importantly, the markets are fully priced and there are few … Continue reading →

Modern humans by nature are averse to waiting. Whereas, the hunter gatherer man got his food only by waitin. He would wait for a kill because only then  could he get his meal.  A number of readers query me that … Continue reading →

Today, the first budget of the Narendra Modi Government has been presented in the parliament. A Good Day to Write HardJ. Sorry Bruce Willis.  What is in it for people in highest tax paying bracket? A tax saving of Rs … Continue reading →

Akbar, one of  the greatest Mughal kings to have ruled India, never had a formal education. He was taught by teachers at home. Also, a lot of his education was by verbal transmission of knowledge. If a great king could … Continue reading →

I am humming this song from the Hindi movie “The Guide”…as I write. For all stock market and financial investors, happy days seem to be here again. Almost everything is rising. Even a bankrupt company like Kingfisher. I sometimes wonder … Continue reading →

Today is a historic day in the fate of my India. I was not born when Nehru spoke about Freedom at Midnight and our tryst with destiny. But I can hear the echoes of that speech when I listened to … Continue reading →