Bank deposits are fetching 6%-7% after tax. Most FMPs cannot match it

A benign interest rate regime and ample liquidity have seen stock markets give superb returns in the past few years. However, the factors that have kept investors focused on the equity side are gradually reversing. Interest rates, which have been slowly rising, have finally reached a level where investing in debt looks like...

Now complaints against government entities can be filed electronically under a novel e-governance initiative

How often have you been furious at the insensitivity, apathy and lack of accountability of various government entities and did not know how to make your grievance heard? Many of us believed that consumer courts are the only real recourse for those determined to seek justice. But that...

Be like a reed that bends in the strong winds than like the oak that breaks

There is only so much that can be written as guidelines regarding the dos and don’ts of protocol and etiquette. It is the ‘feel’ in a particular situation, in a strange environment, which will be the final test of what works for or what works against. For the rest, it is see, observe and follow. Although the part ‘and...