If statistics are to be believed about 70% of the Engineers and MBAs of the class of 2011 are still looking for a job. Now about a Million kids of 2012 will be added to this pile of ‘Qualified Job Seekers’. Well most of them will graduate and continue to depend on their parents for […]
If you are not earning too well, well, you are not earning too well, dammit! Learn to live within your budget. Stop asking how will pay for my luxuries! Hey sending a kid ABROAD is not a necessity, but a super luxury. I know of about 30 kids who have gone to the UK for […]
Hi my definition of a youngster – for this post – is those people born say 1980 and later. This post was triggered by a comment on the annuities post. Let me enumerate: 1. Most of these people started their working lives say from 2002 onwards. So from 2002 to 2007 they were told by […]
I did a lot of trainings for a big PSU bank. Entering a training room was no great pleasure, but it was work! In a class of 50 people, about 42 would be present. On the second day about 37 would be present. However this 37 would include 8 who were not there on […]
Not sure if you have heard this, but this is true in many cases. Take the example of travel options from Mumbai to Pune. You have air, trains (exclusive to Pune and all trains going south), taxi, buses, ….and all seem to be full. When each of these services started people may have wondered…’Is there […]
I can see the kind of parental pressure that kids are subject to in their lives. Even after a kid turns 20, 25….why even 50 parents think they should run their children’s lives. I know one person who started as a peon and retired as a clerk. He has ZERO understanding of finance. Absolutely zilch. […]
Many young couples I know shudder to think of having a kid. One of the guys told me ‘I am still a kid…how can I have a kid‘. And he is 29 and so is his wife. This is not a class on whether to have a kid, but for those who have a kid! […]