Once upon a time long long ago I was part of an organisation which did the statutory audit of Hindustan Petroleum. My contempt for Public Sector Units only grew greater. However the people working in some of these organisations were far, far superior to some of the guys I met in the private sector. However […]

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I recently saw a post which said ‘Alert Investors already know about ULIPs’. Amazing half truth :). Once upon a time Arun Shourie said “In India what you say depends on where you sit”. This is so amazingly true – look at the Women’s Bill. BJP says it supports the bill, Congress says it wants […]

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A few days back while watching a dance reality show on TV I saw a girl – whose name I am not sure – sounded like “Hart Kaur” (in fact it kept sounding like hard core). I just happened to stop on that channel and this girl was narrating what she saw in 1984. She […]

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About 20 days back 2 senior politicians told me the trust vote would go through comfortably. One was from Congress and the other from BJP. One senior journalist also told me that the trust vote would go through. However, none of them were correct about the margin of votes. That is the problem about predictions […]

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I have been asked this question a zillion times. Earlier to my personal experience with a South based famous group medical life insurance provider my answer may have been different. Now I am convinced that you should take it only from NEW INDIA or one of the public sector providers. Do not mistake me. I […]

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