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Austerity or Prosperity, What is your priority?

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra June 2, 2012 Leave a comment

How about a world in which you can get an Olympic medal, a Nobel prize, a University degree, your annual salary or anything you like first and work for it later. Most of us would dismiss it as (a Utopian) daydream. When a person is allowed to get every comfort/luxury in life first and is…

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Farewell to Welfare

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra May 1, 2012 Leave a comment

“Why is the grass always greener on the other side?” If only grass could reply, the answer could be “Because you are not grazing here.” As the proletariat class across the world celebrates Mayday, they wonder about what to do with the new class of people enjoying the fruits of their labor. This class is…

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Default – Is it your fault?

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra January 26, 2012 Leave a comment

Is your wealth denominated in terms of grams, acres or liters? If your answer is ‘YES’, then you are a visionary investor. If it is ‘NO’, then it could be your fault when your country defaults. If you think your country has never defaulted or might not ever default, it is time to think again.…

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Silted dams

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra January 1, 2012 Leave a comment

An economy can be compared to a dam built on river. Productive effort of the people in that economy is the water that flows into the dam, in the form of wealth. It can be stored and diverted, for productive purposes like infrastructure development and advancement of technology, just as water in a dam can…

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Sitting (flocks of) ducks

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra November 7, 2011 Leave a comment

Every duck prefers to sit until and unless motivated by some primal force and moves in the direction of that force.’ This could have been ‘Newin’s law’ if only Darwin and Newton worked together across specializations and time periods. May be they left it for Dinakarananda to put the pieces of the puzzle together. On…

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King or Slave? Personal choice

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra October 21, 2011 Leave a comment

A loan without a collateral is a debt and a bet about the donor being a dunce. ‘Gold is the currency of kings; silver is the currency of gentlemen; barter is the currency of peasants, and debt is the currency of slaves’, an adage from time immemorial. During the days of gold standard in global…

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Inflation; a friend, philosopher and guide

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra September 23, 2011 Leave a comment

Inflation is a martinet but it does teach us some valuable lessons. Financial discipline is the first one. It helps us remember and implement the adage that was popular during the great depression, ‘Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.’ Frugality when coupled with financial planning helps us build fortunes.…

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Should but would

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra September 8, 2011 Leave a comment

Most of us tell ourselves “I should” but then, we know what we ‘would’ end up doing finally. Be it dieting, exercise, kicking a vice or adopting a good habit. However many among us expect the government ‘of/by and for the people’ to be totally different from the individuals electing it. There are many idealists…

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Its the economy stupid!

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra August 29, 2011 Leave a comment

A very happy August for the common man India as the non violent revolution also known as the ‘India against corruption’ movement seems to have achieved its first victory in the marathon battle. Dinakarananda was fortunate enough to witness the movement in the two places that were most active, Delhi and Bengaluru. Ramlila ground in…

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Fear is a great motivator – Failure is the best regulator

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra May 22, 2010 Leave a comment

Nature calls can be postponed but cannot be eliminated. It is a fact that all of us learn by experience in our early years. A politician’s claim to enact something that would permanently eliminate the need for nature calls would be outright ludicrous. The same applies to regulation of free markets by legislation. However nine…

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