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
Author: smish2050
How to win the next Bharat Ratna
Jan 17, 2014 So, now that the Bharat Ratna has been awarded to the youngest winner so far, Sachin Tendulkar, we make an attempt here to deconstruct this award by analysing the backgrounds of the 43 awardees so far. For some, this might prove to be a great peek into the post-independence history of India … Continue reading How to win the next Bharat Ratna
Applying Piketty’s Law for India
First published in Mint June 26, 2014 Hopefully, you may have heard of Thomas Piketty and his new book “Capital in the Twenty First Century”. He is the French Professor, who has been in the news in the past couple of months for launching his seminal book, which many feel might make him worthwhile to … Continue reading Applying Piketty’s Law for India
Role of macros in Investment Decisions
First published in Mint Jan 6, 2014 Your Financial Advisor may have (hopefully) told you of the seminal research in Investment theory done in the western world about 30 years back, which proved that most of the returns (70-90%) from your investment depends on your selection of Asset Classes & sub-classes – Equity, Fixed Income, … Continue reading Role of macros in Investment Decisions
The “Delegation and Review” Matrix
Sep 27, 2013 Many of the first-time managers and the first-time manager of managers (MoMs) in my team have struggled on the key question of how much to delegate ? And after delegation, what ? Many of these first-time managers and MoMs have been star solo performers earlier, and have to learn the art of … Continue reading The “Delegation and Review” Matrix
