Today’s Economic Times carries an article about SEBI wanting to create a committee to view/ review the qualifications by the auditor. Sounds good? Let us see what a sister organization MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) is doing. They get the significant Indian companies to file their Annual Returns in XBRL format. In the XBRL […]
When you go to a doctor, he looks at you and suggests some tests. Once the reports are out, he calls you for a ‘consulting’. Then he tells you: Mr. A it is all stress. You look at your wife sitting next to you….and almost say ‘see it is all stress’. What is wrong […]
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 […]
Whether to buy a car, how to finance a car, what car to buy are all important steps while buying. So here is a list of things that you should do if you were to buy a car: 1. Do your homework: The internet has surely made it easier to compare cars, compare features, understand […]
The Government of India’s cheapest source of funds is of course by cheating the Indian saver. Pay him BELOW the current inflation rate, and all the money will belong to you….. However that alone is not enough, so you sell shares of Coal India. I hold a couple of ‘000 shares of Coal India. Can […]
If you have a lot of money and can afford many things, life is great – Economics. If you have a lot of choice, it adds stress – Psychology. Walk into a typical wedding I attend, the range of food that is available normally numbs me. One of the weddings had a FULL range […]
What happens when you see a mirror? do you like what you see? If no, do you break the mirror? Well frankly we would love to, but that is not the answer, right? Similarly when we see filth (Mumbai stinks, dammit) around us, we say ‘Oh Navi Mumbai is not like that’ or some such […]