Month: January 2022

Of budgets and taxes…

A lot of talk about money today. India’s budget is to be announced tomorrow. Personally, the only thing the middle class used to look for (and still does) were tax cuts and better allowances. However, the biggest elephant in the room (besides the BSP) is taxation on agro income. Which does not seem to be …

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North East West South…

Open any new site today. The ratio is roughly 30/70. That is, 30% of actual news, and 70% clickbait and tabloid-type articles. Top clickbaits include Bollywood holidaying in Maldives, although I am very curious to know who takes along professional photographers to holidays and even worse, honeymoons. The rest is about couple goals, vacay goals, …

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I’m not done yet…

Not me, that’s Kapil Sharma’s new show on Netflix. Was good (mostly), and ended with a beautiful English song, but what got me thinking is… I’m not done yet… Every journey has an end, and that’s when you realize that the journey itself was more enjoyable than the destination. Like my journey to the black …

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Thich Nhat Hanh

It’s funny how much our surroundings influence our emotions. Our joys and sorrows, likes and dislikes are colored by our environment so much that often we just let our surroundings dictate our course. We go along with “public” feelings until we no longer even know our own true aspirations. We become a stranger to ourselves, …

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Why make a business…again.

After yesterday’s article, some people messaged me…some agreed, some disagreed. But the consensus was that it sounds good in theory, but how does one go about it? My answer is very simple. Rewind to 20-30 years back. Think of the businesses that you knew in your neighborhood. From the grocer, to the chemist, the repair …

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Why make a business?

What is the objective of a business? To make profit, you may say. Of course. No successful business runs at a loss. But how much profit? Now, that’s the question. And if you say “as much as possible”, then I may just disagree with you. The startup craze has brought about new terminology, the most …

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A launch, and then some…

A big launch today. We made forays into the unknown, a very different field that few, if any, of my kind have ventured into. Most of my tribe stick to the traditional, few go a bit further, but we have taken a giant leap. Not really knowing how it will pan out. But then, why …

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Did you know?

Did you know that photons of light have no color, sound waves have no sound, olfactory molecules have no odors, and food molecules have no taste? The greenness of the trees, the blueness of the sky, the smell of that freshly baked pastry and the taste of that homemade pie are all created inside your …

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