'The Week' magazine interviews yours truly - Buying Happiness

Last week, a special reporter from 'The Week' magazine connected with me to understand what is driving some of the authors like us to make people financially literate and generally interested in finance. 'The Week' happens to be the largest selling English news magazine in India followed by India Today and Outlook...read on...

Your passion Vs Your profession

This is the question which would have haunted you at some stage of your life, or is it still haunting? Your heart wants to chase your passion and calling of life, but your mind restricts you to your profession - for the risks involved as well as lower money assurance in chasing your passion. Is there a way out? Can we make our passion our profession?

Understand Health care provisions (Section 80D) for you post Budget 2015

Section 80D of the Income Tax Act provides provisions for us to claim deductions in taxable income for the health insurance policies, medical expenses and preventive medical checkups that we do throughout the year. Make sure you are aware of the latest provisions as per Budget 2015, so that you can save on taxes for the money you pay on covering your health.

Investing in the new NPS is akin to marrying Katrina Kaif

Investing in the new NPS re launched with the budget 2015 is akin to marrying Katrina Kaif. Looks so inviting, but hold on. Given a chance, would you really marry Katie? Really?

She made her little contribution...Have you?

So often, we are faced with situations in life where our contribution to change things around us seem just so little, so tiny that it seems like a waste of effort. Again, it is about how we look at it. A different perspective can change things around, and give us the motivation, desire and the energy to continue to seek change.

Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY / SSS) Vs Public Provident Fund (PPF)

Many parents plan to invest in the PPF and fixed deposits for their little one's education or marriage. Things could be changing here, especially if you are blessed with a fairy, rather than a brat :) The Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) could just be a better alternative...read on...

EMIs and pre-EMIs on Home Loans

If you have ever taken a home loan, you would have dealt with Equated Monthly Installments (EMIs), and if you have ever been involved in taking a home loan on an under construction property, you have surely dealt with 'pre-EMIs'. Let us clearly understand what separates EMIs and pre-EMIs, both from loan and from taxation perspective.... Read On...