2 hours in Mediterranean
on 18 Jun, 2007 in chennai, food and drink, personal | 0 Comments
I stared with disbelief at the message on my mobile, it read, “Game for some Lebanese food on Sunday?”
Lebanese food and Chennai?!?
The combination sounded like Indian president and real power. Never the less, knowing the sender of that message very well, I responded “yes” with doubts in my mind. For whenever I tried eating anything [...]
Fresh MBAs and IT Companies
on 30 Mar, 2007 in b-school | 0 Comments
The combination sounds as inseparable as ctrl+c and ctrl+v. But when it comes to making a career choice there is a fair bit of confusion as to what an MBA will do in an IT company, especially in the first few years. Marketing companies have it easy, in the first 18 months, you would be [...]
Read More >>Are fund managers poor marketers?
on 20 Feb, 2007 in media, personal finance, wonder why | 0 Comments
Come Ferbruary, every fund house worth its NAV comes up with a hoard of ELSS / Tax planning mutual fund offerings and promotions. These days you open any (business) magazine and you see atleast a dozen ads on how MFs can save you Rs. 33,360* or something on taxes. First up the claim that they [...]
Read More >>10 good things about Seoul
on 5 Jan, 2007 in Seoul | 0 Comments
My stay here is coming to an end in the weekend. I would be back in Chennai to read Metroplus with a sip of strong decoction coffee on Monday morning. Aah, the joys of coffee and news. Even though I am not here as a tourist I could see quite a few places and interact [...]
Read More >>Good news for Indian Movie lovers
on 22 Dec, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments
In a really interesting and smart move MoserBaer announced that it would soon enter VCD/DVD based movie segment by offering them at the price range of Rs. 28-35. I think its really good for everyone who likes movies. In the day and age of rampant piracy not many people are finding it easy to shell [...]
Read More >>Creating New MFs - the SBI way
on 7 Dec, 2006 in personal finance | 0 Comments
Mutual fund companies often develop this compulsive urge to launch a new product, but sadly mutual funds are one of the boring financial services and all most all of them do one of the following four:
Retain your capital and provide liquidity
Give returns at risk free rate by investing in longterm governament bonds etc. [...]
Purnography in Seoul
on 2 Dec, 2006 in Seoul | 0 Comments
As planned earlier, Saturday was busy to the end. After a good and loooooong sleep, we (few other TCSers and myself) went to Yangson area in Seoul where one of the biggest electronic malls is located.
It was extremely cold today. I think it was -2 degrees or something when we came out of the station. [...]
