After all the excitement on demonetization exercise and being quite vocal about it, I am now veering towards supporting the opposite view- the stupidity of the decision. Why? A. Who created black money? Some of them are in Income tax department and are Govt employees. They will contnue to cheat in future as well. B.Where is the Black money? Likely to be invested in real estate. So they loose over time (not immediately) when they intend to exit and cannot get the price they

A week back on Nov 9 2016, the Prime Minister of India made an announcement about discontinuing the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denominated currency. This lead to a widespread reaction from citizens across the country. The existence black or parallel economy is a common knowledge amongst Indians and it’s quite widespread. It can safely be reasoned that even the salaried class who are believed having transparency the most in their incomes do have an inherited unaccounted wealth. The re

A week back on Nov 9 2016, the Prime Minister of India made an announcement about discontinuing the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denominated currency. This lead to a widespread reaction from citizens across the country. The existence black or parallel economy is a common knowledge amongst Indians and it’s quite widespread. It can safely be reasoned that even the salaried class who are believed having transparency the most in their incomes do have an inherited unaccounted wealth. The re

My first safari was in the morning hours. We were allocated Zone 2 of the Ranthambore National Park. We were 4 in a jeep. I was lost in beauty of the national park while my friend was focused on seeing the Tiger. He had just enquired about ‘Machli’ from the guide when I first heard her name. We drive to the spot near a water hole where she was seen yesterday evening. She was not there. The pride in tone of the guide while talking about ‘Machli’ was evident. I had to wait for