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I might as well come out now. I identify as... tired. - Hannah Gadsby. These are lines from her live show, which later became a Netflix special, Nanette. When I first saw Nanette... More
2018-09-10
Inflection point
This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time. This is a quote from Fight Club, one of my favourite movies of all time. As it happens in the movie, all of us will... More
2015-04-28
Two cents for women
As, we (are forced to) celebrate women's day today, I think it is the duty of every citizen to come up with policy changes that can make the lives of women in this country... More
2015-03-08
Smell of rotten eggs
This post has nothing as well as everything to do with finance, economics or tech. Don't bother figuring out what that means. Just read it anyway, now that you are here... More
2015-02-06
Retirement planning
Everyone loves financial independence, to enjoy and live a comfortable lifestyle. There is no reason why these should stop after retirement. After all the years of hard work... More
2015-01-24
What to blog
So, I moved my blog from Google - Blogger, to Github Pages. It is powered by Jekyll. But now the problem is I don't really have anything to blog about. I have so far written about how Finance... More
2015-01-07
It's just coincidence
Let me tell you a story. There are four main characters in this story: Mr D, Mr. R, Mr. G and Mr. EB. All four are businessmen. Mr. D's business is doing pretty well and he is very... More
2014-10-30
Nobel for economics
This year’s so called Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Jean Tirole. Yes, that’s not a typo. Because there is no Nobel Prize for Economics. As the Economist clearly says in... More
2014-10-16
We wanted flying cars
It's just over a month since I resigned my old job (related to finance), took a pay cut and joined a tech company. One year back, I never thought I would do something... More
2014-09-30
Financial crisis, part 2
In part 1, I had talked about how investment banks promoted sub-prime mortgage lending. This was one of the reasons that contributed to the housing bubble. An asset... More
2014-08-14
Financial crisis, part 1
Why should a financial engineer be paid four to 100 times more than a real engineer? A real engineer build bridges. A financial engineer build dreams. And, you know, when... More
2014-08-12
Paid opinions
I am an Arsenal fan. But I really don't like Theo Walcott. But the good thing is Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager cares about my opinion and pays me for expressing... More
2014-08-06
Trickle-down economics
There is a theory in economics called the trickle down theory. What it says is that if you provide tax breaks and other incentives to businesses and people in the upper-income... More
2014-07-27
Quantitative easing
The US Federal Reserve (the central bank, just like the RBI in India), announced sometime back that it was going to reduce and finally withdraw the quantitative easing... More
2014-07-22
The myth called finance
On the face of it Finance and Magic have nothing in common. But I beg to differ. They do have a lot in common. For one, both have their own tricks that are meant to... More
2014-07-19