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Gordian Knot

Fortune Is a Prize to Be Won

However varied may be your answer to the great poser, “what is life?” you will all agree with the view that life is knotty. Doubt

Innovators will pursue solutions that are sustainable

Innovators will pursue solutions that are sustainable

Sustainable innovative will flourish because more minds will be geared towards innovative thinking as automation and the use of digital technology frees up human resources to undertake more value-added occupations

Small Caps

Small Caps set to Break a Record in 2022

For a second year in a row, the small cap indices have beaten the Sensex / Nifty in 2021. Interestingly, when we look back the history for the last 18 years, rarely Small cap index of BSE outperformed the Sensex beyond two years.

Budget 2022

Bold Moves, but Come with Some Risks

While a wide review of Budget FY2023 has taken place, many failed to notice good achievements of the government on fiscal front for the current

A Temple for a Heroine

A Temple for a Heroine

The story of Kannaki is a real-life drama that starts with a romantic note and ends with a message. The heroine of the first epic poem in the Tamil language Sila-pathi-karam

A Sniffer Dog…This Is What I Am

A Sniffer Dog…This Is What I Am

After my retirement I bought a house next door, spending all the money the government gave me for my forty years of service, just to accommodate my entire collection of world literature and history. I would like to say of two real great minds who made me a sniffer dog.

The Sin of Disobedience

For The Sin of Disobedience

“A disobedient son is to be stoned to death,” says ‘The Mosaic Code’ (c. 1000 B.C.). So was the woman of easy virtue. Not only people were stoned; an ox that had killed a man experienced the same fate. 

Free is Poison - Anything free is the most expensive

Free is Poison – Anything free is the most expensive

Whatever is free is squandered. When water is free, it’s wasted. When electricity is free, there’s no motivation to use it wisely. The same holds true for money. If money is free in the hands of politicians/bankers, there is no motivation to invest it wisely.

Startup Ecosystem: Role of Valuation & Profitability

Startup Ecosystem: Role of Valuation & Profitability

If a start-up is successful in building or offering something that is going to solve people’s problems or make their lives easier, then valuations, revenue, and even profit will follow.

Lady Corona’s Crows

Lady Corona, in spite of the curses she has brought on herself, magnanimously blessed writers like me. After the lockdown, I felt incarcerated for no