Musings of somebody trying to comprehend a complicated and imperfect world
The latest book that i devoured was the fast paced book by Ravi Subramanian, a leading Indian Banker and who went to the same business school that i did (though i was almost a decade behind him). The book is highly entertaining and gives a very interesting perspective of how Consumer Banking in India developed… Continue reading If God was a Banker – Book Review
The last few weeks have seen a couple of interesting personalities taking over leadership mantle for 2 of the toughest jobs in the world - The President of United States of America and the captaincy of the Indian Cricket Team. Strangely enough, both Barack Obama and Mahendar singh Dhoni bring a lot of common leadership… Continue reading Obama & Dhoni – paving the way for strong and sensible Leadership
My wife and i burnt some midnight oil yesterday catching up on the latest "Fashion" in town. For a night show at the Inox in Chennai, it was houseful revealing that Madhur Bhandarkar has built up quite a strong brand loyalty among the multiplex goers. I have been impressed with his Page-3, Corporate as well… Continue reading Fashion – Is Madhur Bhandarkar becoming stereotypical?
The last few days have been quite nerve-wrecking for investors across the world and for the Average Indian Investor (AII) in particular, who would have seen his portfolio come crashing down by almost 125% vis-a-vis the peaks achieved in the early parts of the year. World famous financial institutions have fallen like nine-pins erasing trillions… Continue reading Demystifying the Financial Crisis
http://www.cuil.com - started by a bunch of ex-Googlers is a new search engine that claims to have the world's largest index. For those who are amused by the name, it apparently means "knowledge" in Irish. Even for a hardcore Googler like me, Cuil does offer a number of interesting features. When you type the words… Continue reading Cuil – Is there finally a worthy challenger to Google’s supremacy in the Search space
Recently, my wife and i went out to watch this attempted masterpiece at the INOX - one of chennai's attempts at Multiplexing the cinema goer's experience. We went to watch this during our favourite timing (9:00 AM on Saturday) but it was quite a full house. We ended up a few minutes late but still… Continue reading Dasavatharam – Almost a Magnum Opus by an Indian Genius
Last sunday, Sun TV took the honour of unleashing Veerasamy - the T. Rajenther made classic on the Tamil public through the medium of Television. Without a doubt, it is the most pathetic movie ever made. A movie intended to be a tear jerking classic turned out to be one of the best comedy movies… Continue reading Veerasamy – the absolute nadir in Tamil movies
Had an interesting experience today. A colleague called up and enquired if she was talking to thyagi. It was a little strange since this was a short form of my father's first name. I had to politely remind her that this was my father's first name and my surname. It set me thinking about a… Continue reading The mystery of the Great Indian Name
A colleague of mine just forwarded this link. http://aclu.org/pizza/images/screen.swf (Make sure to turn your sounds on)It is indeed scary to even think that such a sophisticated system would be in vogue for ordering Pizzas. As they say, we are in the middle of an information revolution. Do i hear the skeptics of Mr. George Orwell… Continue reading Beware!! Big Brother is watching you!!!
Most users of Excel would be familiar with the IRR function. This function returns the internal rate of return for a series of cash flows represented by the numbers in values. These cash flows do not have to be even, as they would be for an annuity. However, the cash flows must occur at regular… Continue reading XIRR – A godsend for calculating Return on Investment
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