April 14, 2014 Pew Research has come out with the concept of a Religious Diversity Index for all countries of the world. This Index for a country indicates the presence of multiple religions within that country. The higher the Index, the more is the diversity of religions within that country. A look at this RD … Continue reading Religious Diversity – India 70th among 200 countries !!!
Author: smish2050
Re-introducing the equity asset class
First published in Mint Apr 7, 2014 We have been hearing about how Retail Investors have not been buying equity stocks or Mutual Funds in the past 4-5 years, having reacted adversely to the 2008 stock market crash. Market players like broking companies and AMCs have been waiting for the retail investors to return, and … Continue reading Re-introducing the equity asset class
The Quality of Growth in India
Feb 22, 2014 As the Indian economy has grown rapidly since 1991, there are 4 apparent “conflicts of interest” that have been recently witnessed in the socio-economic-political mix, and which many perceive might be adversely affecting the growth rate of the economy. Is the Environment Ministry anti-growth or are we actually harming the environment with … Continue reading The Quality of Growth in India
Who’s afraid of the new banks ?
March 11, 2014 With the new banking licences on the anvil, it may be worthwhile to examine as to what happened the last time new banks came into being, in terms of impact on the business of existing banks. For this, we attempt here a rudimentary analysis of what happened in 2003-05. To refresh our … Continue reading Who’s afraid of the new banks ?
The “distribution” of languages in the world
Jan 27, 2014 This is a short piece taking off from Ian Bremmer’s Tweet on the leading languages spoken globally by people as the first languages (called mother tongue here in India). The top 7 languages spoken as first languages along with the %age of people speaking these are : Mandarin 12.4%Spanish 4.9%English 4.8%Arabic 3.3%Hindi … Continue reading The “distribution” of languages in the world
Rational Exuberance 