Many people who are born in the 1920s, 30s, 40s….and are now in the twilight of their lives, have lived frugally. As these are the people who saw the British Raj, the second world war, rations, as well as the 97% Income Tax..they treat every bit of money as precious. Not to say that money […]
Planning to do a series of articles on Couples and Money. I do not wish to see how many articles, but this is clearly one of the earliest. A couple may fall in love or have an arranged marriage, but they surely meet before their marriage…so these are things which they should surely talk about. […]
Imagine a person going on a longish journey…say a 3 hour bus journey from destination A to destination B. His aim is obviously to get a nice seat, preferably a good cushioned window seat in the front part of the non air-conditioned bus. In reality Mr. X gets into an extremely crowded bus, and he […]
Let me tell you a story….and like Valmiki assume I can go across time from 1990 to 2050. Please remember time is the 4th dimension and at some point in human civilisation we will be able to do that. Year 1990: You have graduated / settled and just got married. Did you think of life […]
When I say banking, I mean banking, broking, mutual funds, insurance, software companies in the BFSI space. So let us revisit the laws: 1. Golden Rule of Life: He who has the gold makes the rules. If your name is Diamond, even better. 2. Salaries are NOT decided by demand and supply: It is […]
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 […]
What are the signals of knowing an adviser is good or bad? Sadly even though one can write many points to know who is a good adviser…the need is for spotting the WRONG guy which is more important! If he says the following things, keep your antenna up and please pick up the signals: 1. […]