Monthly Archives: June 2011

Demystifying Swiss Banking…

Demystifying Swiss Banking… There has been a lot of discussion in the media on black money lying in Swiss Banks.Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare have made it as an agenda for their  campaigns.    Recently there was an interesting article … Continue reading

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Breaking News….

Breaking News….  The media is going gaga over the news item regarding Aishwarya Rai’s pregnancy.Here is what I spontaneously wrote under a funny poem of a poet on a forum: Aish-Abhishek wedded 4 years ago,Nation worried,Finally,BIG B Tweets today that … Continue reading

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India’s coolest start-ups….

India’s coolest start-ups The latest issue of BUSINESS TODAY is on start-ups. Having worked in Bank Of India for 29 years ,I have had the opportunity of watching, Small Scale,Medium Scale and Large Scale industrial units grow from scratch to … Continue reading

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What’s in a name …?

What’s in a name …? In the FINANCIAL EXPRESS of  10th June,2011,there was a thought provoking Editorial titled :” Manufacturing India”.To read it directly on the paper’s website,go to the following link: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/fe-editorial-manufacturing-india/801561/0 In response to the above , I … Continue reading

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Shotgun-Rekha pair up onscreen again!

Shotgun-Rekha pair up onscreen again!    In a recent issue of SCREEN,there was an article on this famous on-screen pair of yester-years. To read the article,go to : http://www.screenindia.com/news/shotgunrekha-pair-up-onscreen-again/797215/   Here is what I wrote to the Editor of Screen,in … Continue reading

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I-T deduction for heart surgery

I-T deduction for heart surgery   I read the following article in Business Standard of 2nd June 2011. Having worked in a Bank for 29 long years,I had the occasion to study many Balance Sheets of individuals,partnership firms and public and … Continue reading

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Ethical Hacking…

Ethical Hacking   Recently ( 6th June 2011) there was an Editorial in FE (Financial Express).Here its is :   Constant Threat   The Financial Express Monday, Jun 06, 2011   Hacking is increasingly being viewed as a national level threat, what … Continue reading

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Baba Ramdev –Humour

Baba Ramdev –Humour The Baba is in the news again-for right or wrong reasons.I feel that he should stick to his core competencies -peddaling ayurvedic placebos to the faithful followers of the system or teaching yogic postures to those interested. … Continue reading

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What is Facebook ?

What is Facebook ?    As per information gathered from Wikipedia,here is something about Facebook :    Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. As of January 2011,Facebook … Continue reading

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Merchant Bankers

Merchant Bankers.. As per SEBI’s guidelines, issued way back in 1992, a “merchant banker” means any person who is engaged in the business of issue management either by making arrangements regarding selling , buying or subscribing to securities as manager, … Continue reading

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