Is writing a cheque for an ‘n’ amount the only way to do charity? If not the only, is it the best? Actually the answer to both the questions is NO. There are many, many ways to do charity. For example it is easy for me to write a cheque to ‘Isha’ or ‘Akshayapatra’ – […]

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Isha foundation is doing a lot of good work in the fields of education, girl child, and environment. One of their projects is a tree planting program..and for as little as Rs. 50 you can ‘sponsor’ a tree… here..http://giveisha.org/myiris in case you wish to give for education, you can do so here: http://giveisha.org/Isha%20Vidhya     […]

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  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 […]

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A lot of kids I know have 3-4-5 year old SIPs. Some in the red, some in the black. However even those which are in the black are just marginally in the black. When they see the statement it does not look good. Not good at all. What can they do? It is tough. I […]

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as the world moves towards more and more of insurance, it will mean more paperwork for doctors.Frankly too may doctors I know are NOT KEEN at all that their kids take to their same profession….. So in the future doctors will be increasingly ’employed’ with a hospital (including GP practice that Apollo is setting up). […]

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Here is a quick list on what I will not write on: -Taxation esp personal tax. There are more than enough people doing this. -Stock specific tips etc. I may do it once in a while, but not as a regular thing, and not something that is useful. I mean I will not do updates […]

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a normally anti real estate guy saying this? was your first reaction, right? Well I have always said that opportunities come in all markets. You need to decide which market suits you, what you are comfortable with and whether you have the brains and strength to straddle all markets. Here I have a deal – […]

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