No, this is not a very philosophical post! Hindu mythology says a person should ask for alms only with his open arms. The person should give you food in your hand. A Brahmin is supposed to eat 3 times a day – both hands full. Scientifically this is also supposed to be the size […]
Yesterday (FRdiday) was varalakshmi pooja and today was (is) ‘avani-avattam. Varalakshmi Pooja is a prayer to the 9 forms of Goddess Lakshmi – Dhana, Dhairya, Arogya…..etc. At our house it is a completely women festival – with my daughter making the arrangements, my mother and wife making the goodies, and both of them doing the […]
The technology space and certain sequence of operations in the finance space are big secrets. For example if I have developed a trading algorithm I would not like anybody to know the algo – especially if it is working well for me. Here in likes a dilemma – if somebody wants should you teach…or should […]
Every time a person looks at his / her portfolio there is likely to be some regret: In Dec 2008 you wished you were more into cash and in 2009 you wished you were more into stocks. However one thing is certain – the most disliked asset gives very good returns..depending on how you look […]
Everybody is happy that V Ramakrishnan has got the Nobel prize. Let us make a list of happy people. Tamilians are happy that he is the 3rd Tamilian who has won the Nobel prize. Physics students are happy because Mr. Ramakrishnan is a student of physics. Biologists are happy because he won it for Chemistry. […]