In 2020, my son had planned to visit us in Mumbai from the USA around April/ May before plunging into his internship. But then the pandemic broke in April 2020 and all travel plans got cancelled and the wait became longer. Now finally after two and a half years as his Feb-end 2022 travel dateContinue reading “Travel Blog- The Taj Mahal- story of the perfect shot and more..”
Author Archives: Salil Datar
Speculation is the new luxury
Recently, I came across a few interesting reads (Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel ; Adventure Capitalism- an article in The Economist, 27th Nov and Seth’s Blog – Speculation is the new luxury good) which provide a good perspective on what’s happening in the world of investment and wealth creation. In this blog, I intendContinue reading “Speculation is the new luxury”
Covid Times – And the inevitable happened !
Since the pandemic set in march 2020, I have tried off and on to chronicle through my COVID Times blog series on how everyone has been gearing up in their own unique way to help friends and family cope with the situation. Be it community support during strict lock downs, to exercises or family meetContinue reading “Covid Times – And the inevitable happened !”
Travel Blog – Amritsar and Dharamshala- A near-miss and a thrilling adventure!!
Before covid, our last vacation was in Jan 2020 to Hampi. Post covid we have been lucky to have been able to take short trips to places around Mumbai Lonavala, Pune, Mahabaleshwar. So this time when at a short notice, we got a free slot at Club Mahindra Dharamshala we were quite thrilled and wereContinue reading “Travel Blog – Amritsar and Dharamshala- A near-miss and a thrilling adventure!!”
Building Tribes can take you from Good to Great
Recently, I picked up Seth Godin’s book – Tribes: We need you to lead us. It is an interesting book on how Tribes fulfil the need of human beings to belong; as well as how Leaders differ from Managers. For e.g Managers focus on optimising output from the given resources while maintaining a status quo; andContinue reading “Building Tribes can take you from Good to Great”
New investment options for H-E-N-R-Y’s
You must have heard of Baby Boomers, Gen X , Gen Y or the Millennials, Gen Z et al. (click here to know more). Recently the socio-economic acronym H-E-N-R-Y has been added to this list. It refers to High Earning, Not Rich Yet. HENRYs are largely Gen X, millennials who generally are well educated andContinue reading “New investment options for H-E-N-R-Y’s”
Embedded Finance- Brands Becoming the Face of Banking
Historically, consumer durable goods as well as automotive brands have been either floating finance companies or leaning onto Banks or NBFCs to provide finance to facilitate customers buy their products. This led to the birth of companies like GE Money, Tata Finance, Maruti Finance or partnerships/ alliances of banks for dealer financing or consumer durableContinue reading “Embedded Finance- Brands Becoming the Face of Banking”
The Big Fat Indian Wedding – Will COVID re-define it forever?
With globalisation, family members are getting dispersed all over the world. On my wife’s side, one of her cousins has settled in the Philippines and on my side of the family, almost one cousin from every branch of the family tree has settled overseas. Net result, over the last two years, I have had theContinue reading “The Big Fat Indian Wedding – Will COVID re-define it forever?”
Unwinding in the garden city
Recently I got an opportunity to visit Bengaluru. This was the first time since the pandemic that I was visiting a city outside of Maharashtra. Besides being popularly known as the Silicon Valley of India, Bengaluru is also known as the garden city. So far every time I visited the city, it would invariably beContinue reading “Unwinding in the garden city”
Sachet revolution for cross border payments can explode business opportunities for service-preneurs
Cash formed the dominant mode of payment till demonetisation (de-mon) in 2016 when Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes were withdrawn. These formed around 86% of the value in circulation. This gave a fillip to digital payment like UPI, card, online – NEFT and IMPS modes of payment. Fortunes of wallet companies like Paytm,Continue reading “Sachet revolution for cross border payments can explode business opportunities for service-preneurs”
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