Remember the Silk Route? The historic trade route that stretched from Asia to the Mediterranean and connected China and the Far East to Europe and the Middle East transformed China into an economic and cultural force to reckon with. In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced plans to revive the Silk Route as the Belt…
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India is a rich and diverse nation with 17.7% of world’s population, we can easily gauge the difficulty in managing the whole economy in general and liquidity management in particular. To efficiently manage the economy and money supply we have Reserve Bank Of India(RBI). RBI is India’s central bank, which controls the issue and supply…
Ever wondered what exactly entrepreneurs mean when they say “Let’s go to the whiteboard”, what is it they focus on when they formulate their Business Model. What are those characteristics that define a company that gives it the value it deserves?
All your dreams can come true, if you have the courage to pursue them. Be it something that makes people around you laugh as soon as you mention it, or the wildest/weirdest thing to ever cross your mind, pursue it. You never know when it might just click. Quite the catch phrase these days –“Chalo start…
Investing in the stock market is a bucket list task for most and is often regarded as the key to financial freedom, when done right. Unfortunately, many people jump into investing with no real knowledge of evaluating companies or the business models underneath. This, combined with the herd mentality that typically plagues the market, is…
I have always been fascinated by people who could accomplish mundane chores with both hands. I still remember that eventful first day of eighth standard – our Math teacher left quite an impression on us when he solved a problem on the board while writing with both hands. As the students watched in awe, I…
1991. Arguably the most remembered and celebrated year in contemporary India after 1947, and the most significant year in the economic history of independent India. The economy was in the deepest of chasms, when the government was forced to respond with a slew of major reforms. The origin of the financial crisis can be traced…
We all know Hollywood can be tough on women. When Kathryn Bigelow won Best Director for The Hurt Locker in 2010, she became the first-ever female director since 1929 – the inaugural year of the Academy Awards – to win this coveted award. But Hollywood is hardly an outlier. There’s another high profile, big money…
India, once referred to as the ‘Golden Bird’, was one of the richest economies of the world. It all began with the Indus Valley Civilization and the economy depending heavily on agriculture. Supporting this, was trade, domestication of animals and metallurgy. As new urban centres surfaced in the Northern part of the country, trade and…
It was December 10, 2008, and Wall Street was running as it normally does every day; telephones ringing, brokers doing their best to work their magic, the overlapping sounds of keyboards, staplers and binders making the ruckus it always does. Everything was perfectly normal, until the telegram popped up with the message that cost over…