India - The economy - 2013 Recap

2013 was a year of turbulence in India. The business newspapers in India had plethora of topics to harp on as the year was full of events. From the large number of promises of reforming the Indian public sector to the union budget, from current account deficit to measures to curb gold imports, from...

The Elite 1 Crore Club of India

The Indian Finance Minister Mr. Chidambaram mentioned in the budget speech of 2013-2014 that India has an elite 1 crore plus club - The club of people earning more than a crore rupees a year and the number is somewhere around 40000. This comes to me as a shock and a disappointment. It is depressingly...

Life is what separates us; It's fate is what combines us all

The other day, I was watching a movie where the actor and actress try various modes of committing suicide and fail. The protagonists try various methods and experience pain and suffering while failing to take their lives. Those scenes inspired me to the divine revelation that we are all mortal. We generally are so engrossed in our lives that we tend to forget that sooner or later, it is all going...

Investing - How, when, why?

Investments at time can be perplexing considering the number of investment avenues around and lack of proper unbiased guidance. So how should I plan my investments? Generally, though the answer to this question depends on one’s financial goals and current financial state, here is the list of...