The wealthy man living in the sprawling bungalow near my house with his BMW and Mercedes speaks very sparingly. And whenever he speaks, it is quite cryptic. So, one must really concentrate when he is speaking, and think hard after he is done. So, the other day when my friend Swami and I were just … Read more
“भैया ये दीवार टूटती क्यों नही? Said one brother to the other in the Indian joint family from the famous Ambuja Cement ad. And then the voiceover replies, “टूटेगी कैसे? ये अम्बुजा सीमेंट से बनी है.” I had heard that this ad was popular with the English players whenever Dravid used to come out to … Read more
For individual investors who have ambitions to become market experts, Jigneshbhai has devised a step-by-step approach that can be followed by almost anyone. No background in investing is necessary, but a learning attitude is important. It does not guarantee success (like market disclaimers!), but it is a sure and steady way to market expertise. For … Read more
“Do you remember what you were doing when 9/11 happened. I remember I was in Pune at my friend’s house having my evening coffee and suddenly got a call to switch on the TV” remembered Jigneshbhai when we met last weekend. That left me and Swami also remembering what we were doing then. A lot … Read more
“The festival of Gowri-Ganesh in Bangalore has quite a few differences from the festival of Ganpati in Mumbai” said Jigneshbhai as we met for Ganesh darshan at Swami’s house. Though we did not have any arguments or discussions on that, it left me with a lot of musings on how this festival is celebrated differently … Read more
“One of the things that I learnt from the recent anti-corruption movement is that I think there is a generation of Indians who are the ‘in-between’ generation” said Jigneshbhai when we met for coffee last week. Swami and I started wondering what this ‘in-between’ generation means. Every generation is in between two we thought. While … Read more
‘All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone’ – said Blaise Pascal. On those lines, there might be some truth in extending it a bit – ‘All of a nation’s problems perhaps stem from their parliamentarians’ inability to sit quietly and agree in a room together.’ If only … Read more
My friend Swami had a new reason to complain since this morning – the rains. “I really got caught in the rains today – it was really bad, the weather, roads and traffic”, he told me as I met him today. Monsoon in Bangalore is, at best, mild, so a steady bout of rain in … Read more
I often wonder what a worse condition is to suffer from – diabetes or heart disease. And what is easier to live or die with. Like the wife says it is easy to fix heart disease if it is only that. You may be able to detect it before you get a heart attack and … Read more