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”
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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”
Living with Millennials!
During the recent lockdown, our daughter was back home and I got to experience up close what living with a millennial actually means. To begin with, millennials being digitally native, their lingo/slang is all about short messaging starting with the popular ones such as gr8 (great) , Lol (laugh out loud), tmi (too much information),Continue reading “Living with Millennials!”
Story of two grandmothers – Choosing to live life on their own terms!
This is a story of a mother and a mother-in-law approaching their 80s. Both born in middle class Maharashtrian families and brought up in the interiors – one in Maharashtra and the other in a border town along Karnataka and Maharashtra. Both love to watch TV, cook and pamper their grandchildren. Both have a steelyContinue reading “Story of two grandmothers – Choosing to live life on their own terms!”
Startup Learnings – User Stories hold the key to customer success
Recently, one of my ex-colleagues decided to go on his own and launched his own startup. He is presently in a stealth mode putting together his core team, laying out the core philosophy and other building blocks. It was fascinating to interact with him as he bounced around some of his ideas on what heContinue reading “Startup Learnings – User Stories hold the key to customer success”
Why do customers flock to newbie fintech startups?
Recently, one of my ex-colleagues decided to go on his own and launched his own startup. He is presently in a stealth mode putting together his core team, laying out the core philosophy and other building blocks. It was fascinating to interact with him as he bounced around some of his ideas on what heContinue reading “Why do customers flock to newbie fintech startups?”
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