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Time to Relook at Your Financial Planning??

Raman is a hard working management consultant. He has been in business for fifteen years now. Having climbed the corporate ladder fast, his income has been handsome. He not only enjoys a nice standard of living but also saves enough every month to achieve his target of retiring early. When he looks around in his office, it is clear that fifty is the new retirement age for such demanding jobs. His friends in banking also tell him the same thing.

 

He called his trusted investment advisor recen...

Should Married Women Worry about Knowing their Finances?

The other day, I showed my wife our investment portfolio. I was feeling good about the profits made over last couple of years and thought that it was a good time to do this. So, I started,’ Jaanu (Indian equivalent of Honey), let’s do a quick review of our investments. It’s been some time that you saw this.’

 

‘Oh, you are taking care of it, right? Why do I need to see?’, She gave the oft-repeated response that I was well-prepared for.

 

‘Lot has changed between the last time you saw our inve...

The Way to Lasting Happiness!

Ever wondered why the peace and happiness that you are looking for is so elusive? Even if we are peaceful for some time, we are restless the next moment. This question let me to write the book – Happiness is All We Want! I realized that our peace and happiness is intricately linked with our well-being in physical, mental and spiritual planes. Today, I share with you an excerpt from the spiritual well-being section (Chapter 11) of the book to emphasize this point.

Why Worry About the Soul?

Be...

The Way to Lasting Happiness!!!

Ever wondered why the peace and happiness that you are looking for is so elusive? Even if we are peaceful for some time, we are restless the next moment. This question let me to write the book – Happiness is All We Want! I realized that our peace and happiness is intricately linked with our well-being in physical, mental and spiritual planes. Today, I share with you an excerpt from the spiritual well-being section (Chapter 11) of the book to emphasize this point.

 

Why Worry About the Soul?

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How to Put Happiness First?

So, as I mentioned in the last blogpost, we need to tweak our usual approach to life a bit in order to put our happiness first.

 

We have been taught right from childhood to set sky-high goals and go after achieving them with relentless pursuit. Then, when we achieve the goal, we can relax at the summit and be happy. Actually, life doesn’t work this way. Unfortunately, we need to unlearn this behavior and replace this with a better formula. Now, I share my three step formula for being happy w...

How does Wellbeing affect Happiness?

Some people, when they hear about my book Happiness is All We Want!,  expect some kind of magic potion or formula. And they expect this formula to result in happiness or bliss straightaway. As soon as they have been through the first chapter, the picture is clear. The book does provide a formula, though the formula itself is rather unexpected.

 

Recently, when I was talking to the members of the Rotary Club of Bombay Peninsula, there was a lot of interest in knowing how our wellbeing affects...

Should Newly Married Women Face Discrimination?

The pre-marriage discrimination against young women that I talked about in my last post Discrimination Against Young Girls, continues after marriage. In fact, it becomes worse. After all, the societal biases are so well ingrained that the discrimination against women is apparent even in so called advanced families.

 

Riya was happy to be married to Jayant just a couple of months back. She came from a reasonably wealthy Marwari family. It was an arranged marriage where, in addition to the agre...

Should Newly Married Girls Face Discrimination?

The pre-marriage discrimination against   that I talked about in my last post Discrimination Against Young Girls, continues after marriage. In fact, it becomes worse. After all, the societal biases are so well ingrained that the discrimination is apparent even in so called advanced families.

 

Riya was happy to be married to Jayant just a couple of months back. She came from a reasonably wealthy Marwari family. It was an arranged marriage where, in addition to the agreement of the bride and g...

Is Discrimination against Young Adult Girls Real in India?

There is obvious discrimination between boys and girls in most Indian families. I am saying most but I believe that it exists in almost all families. In most it is open discrimination and in a small minority it is hidden discrimination. It is important to identify such instances, even in well-to-do families, before we address them and work towards women empowerment.

 

Anita is a teenager and her parents are already thinking about her marriage. Last evening, she overheard her parents talking....

Is Discrimination Against Young-Adult Girls Real in India?

There is obvious discrimination between boys and girls in most Indian families. I am saying most but I believe that it exists in almost all families. In most it is open discrimination and in a small minority it is hidden discrimination.

 

Anita is a teenager and her parents are already thinking about her marriage. Last evening, she overheard her parents talking. Her father said,’ What kind of boy should be look for Anita?’

 

‘But she is only seventeen. Don’t you think it’s too early to start...