In today’s interconnected world, migration for work to foreign countries has become a common phenomenon, with many from immediate family, friends or neighbours having at least one family member living overseas. The USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK being the most popular destinations. As a result, whenever we visit the USA, we often plan ourContinue reading “US Visit Diary: Living with Gen Next “
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Jankar Baniye – Banking Fraud
Jankar Baniye series of articles on banking and payments fraud
Stories to Tell – Jamtara from reel life to real life
I’m sure most of the readers must have watched the web series Jamtara released some 3 years back on Netflix in 2020.The web-series is based on real-life incidents around the widespread growth of phishing calls and organised cyber crimes of scamming. I too have watched it and was quite fascinated by the boldness of theContinue reading “Stories to Tell – Jamtara from reel life to real life”
COVID Tales – Road to recovery – A Few Learnings in handling long recovery ailments
As we all know, given the urgency due to the outbreak of the pandemic, approvals for Covid vaccinations were fast tracked. This did not give pharma companies enough time to complete clinical trials and prepare everyone for protocols to handle adverse reactions. While this was done for the larger good, it has meant quite aContinue reading “COVID Tales – Road to recovery – A Few Learnings in handling long recovery ailments“
Musings of an Undercover Economist – Visit to a barber
Everyone has his/ her favourite hangout place; be it the corner Irani restaurant or tea stall or the garden bench to catch up on neighbourhood gossip. For me, it’s my monthly visit to my barber. His shop was started by his father and then he was introduced to the business. He has been around forContinue reading “Musings of an Undercover Economist – Visit to a barber”
Travel Blog- The Taj Mahal- story of the perfect shot and more..
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..”
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”
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 Tom and Jerry reality show !
As kids, we gen Xers thrived on comics of the likes of Phantom, Mandrake the Magician, Ritchie Rich, Asterix & Obelix, Archie and the excitement of cute cartoons such as the Tom & Jerry show. However, only recently after my tryst with Jerry did I realise that in reality Jerry is anything but cute. Here’sContinue reading “The Tom and Jerry reality show !”
Learning to celebrate the idiosyncrasies – the key to wellness
Just like every other family, our family too has its own idiosyncrasies which once in a while end up becoming a topic for a good laugh during our get togethers. My parents are true foodies; they love to experiment with different cuisines not only when they step out but even when at home. My mom,Continue reading “Learning to celebrate the idiosyncrasies – the key to wellness”
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