Category: Value Research

(This column was first published on Value Research Online.) Someone you know has surely made the New Year’s resolution to work out more regularly. Most of you would probably know more than one person to has made this resolution, almost as many as those who would have resolved to eat healthier. The first few weeks… Continue reading Financial Resolutions for 2016

(This column was first published on Value Research Online.) The trailer was exceptional. It showed promise of everything—action, drama, even a happy ending. It promised the world, but alas, the movie turned out to be dud when compared to the standards that were set by the trailer. Fear not, this is not a review of… Continue reading 2015: A Dull Year, but a Good One

(This column was first published on Value Research Online.) In life, there are a number of risky things you'll do. Some will be planned, some ad hoc. Driving at a high speed is risky, quitting a job to start a business is risky, not having adequate insurance is risky, investing in equities is risky, not… Continue reading Better to Be Safe than Sorry

(This column was first published on Value Research Online.) The past couple of weeks have been entirely about Chennai. If there ever was a time for the world to restore its faith in humanity, it is now. And the unlikely source turned out to be social media—particularly Twitter—during the Chennai floods. Those days, when Chennai… Continue reading A Lesson in Disaster Management

(This column was first published on Value Research Online.) At the time of writing this, the Aamir Khan controversy is a hot topic. It’s in the newspapers, it’s all over social media—it’s given Twitter something to do for a couple of days. The political landscape is awash with this issue; everyone’s got something to say.… Continue reading 3 Reasons Why No One Should Leave India

(This column was first published on Value Research Online.) The ‘glass half empty or glass half full’ way of looking at life is now an age-old, almost clichéd philosophy. We all know that pessimists look at the glass as half empty, but we have been told often times that we shouldn’t be that way, we… Continue reading Investing with Negative Visualisation

(This column was first published on Value Research Online.) Some jokes never get old. For example: Q: When does a person decide to become a stock broker? A: When he doesn’t have the charisma to become an undertaker. I read this joke in a Reader’s Digest edition some years back, and it never fails to… Continue reading Investing for Long-term is No Joke

(This column was first published on Value Research Online.) The title of this column is also the title of a 2007 Hollywood movie. Of course, it is also the title of a 2005 Cormac McCarthy novel on which the movie is based. I haven’t read the novel, but the movie is widely regarded as one… Continue reading No Country for Old Men

(This column was first published on Value Research Online.) The thing about writing about Mahatma Gandhi is that I won't be able to say anything that already hasn’t been said. He's inarguably India’s most revered icon. His contributions to the nation are exemplary; having single-handedly done more than an ordinary thousand of us can get… Continue reading Five Finance Lessons from Mahatma Gandhi

(This column was first published on Value Research Online.) A more apt name for this government that we elected in last year’s LS elections would be govern-ban, wouldn’t it? It seems like banning things is the government’s favourite pastime. It began with banning regular movies and documentaries, then pornography, then Maggi, then beef. In between,… Continue reading Four Banning Ideas for the Government