A brilliant life lesson

This is a story I have always loved to recite, with a brilliant life lesson. One day, Narad Muni went to Lord Vishnu. Narad Muni keeps chanting “Narayana Narayana” (which is another name for Lord Vishnu) as he believes that he is Vishnu’s truest follower. To validate...

The lie we were told as kids

Most of us had a childhood of competing with others. Get more marks than your competitor. Higher rank. Go to a better college than them. These were (and unfortunately still are) the parameters that defined success for us as kids. Except: Everyone is running their own...

Toxicity

We are with our friends. Yet we feel bad at the end of the conversation. They care for us. Yet something doesn’t feel right. We are there for them in thick and thin. Yet we don’t see them happy when we are. Too often, we are surrounded by beautiful toxicity in the...

Make your money work for you!

The famous Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai opened in 1903 at Rs. 6 per room. Today, that same room costs Rs. 26,000. That’s 7.2% annual inflation for 120 years! If your money is not growing (post taxes) at atleast this rate, it is LOSING value every year. I am against FDs...

What will you choose?

Saving is hard. Being broke is harder. Learning about investments is hard. Suffering from bad investments is harder. Choose your hard.