Way back in 1979, three men, who were office bearers at a Christian church, felt totally isolated from the regulars who came to the church. These men -- Y Chackochan, JP Thomas and TK Mathew - after a lot of discussion and deliberation, decided to set up Deepalaya -- a non-profit organisation based in Delhi.

Five children, two teachers and an investment of Rs17,500 is what it took for them to...

For decades he was the inscrutable face of US Federal Reserve, whose dense and verbose pronouncements on the economy were strenuously divined by Wall Street. You couldn’t accuse him of being a lively speaker, let alone a riveting storyteller. His autobiography could have been similarly boring. It isn’t. The prose is smooth and, if you are a student of global economics and markets, this book is...

MoneyLIFE presents timely, action-oriented and unbiased cover stories. The bold attack on the I-T Department, with which almost everyone has to deal, establishes this. E-filing of income-tax returns has been made compulsory for all companies and persons who come under tax-audit; the tax has to be deposited online. The rules are strict but the difficulties that assessees face in complying with...