Most people think a trust is an organisation with its own name, bank account and life. Indian law sees it differently. A trust is not a legal person. It cannot own land, sign a contract or go to court. Only its trustees can do these things. A trust is simply...
Every day, millions of people in Indian cities open an app and pay a delivery fee to get one packet of milk. The same milk is sold in a shop at the end of their street, two minutes away. The price is the same. Yet they pay extra. This is...
Are you really the creator of your destiny, or are you simply repeating the patterns of your past? The Invisible Chains That Control Our Lives Most people believe that destiny is something written somewhere beyond their control. When life rewards them, they call it luck. When suffering arrives, they blame...
Most of us think money success needs high intelligence and deep knowledge of markets. Morgan Housel’s book The Psychology of Money (2020) says this is mostly wrong. Good results come from how you behave, not from how much you know. For Indian readers, who deal with SIPs, gold, property and...
When news broke on 8 October that Nana Patekar had died at 75, many Indians searched for one thing: how much money he left behind. The estimates range from Rs 50 crore to Rs 80 crore. These are media guesses, not audited numbers. But the way he held that money...
On Gandhi Jayanti, we remember the man who taught India that freedom could begin with something as simple as a thread. Today, October 2, we remember Mahatma Gandhi as the leader of India’s freedom struggle, the man of non-violence and Satyagraha. But there is another Gandhi we should remember. The...
We often ask children, “What do you want to become when you grow up?” Engineer? Doctor? Entrepreneur? IAS officer? Artist? But perhaps we are asking the wrong question. The more important question is: “What do you want your life to mean?” Because a profession gives you a living. Purpose gives...
Millions of devotees across India donate to temples believing that every rupee, every gold ornament, every silver coin, and every offering reaches the deity and serves a sacred purpose. For many, donating at a temple is not merely charity—it is an act of devotion. That is why the recent allegations...
Every day we hear about charities receiving donations from individuals, support from companies through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and even grants from international organisations. We admire the schools they build, the hospitals they support, the lives they transform, and the communities they uplift. Yet very few people ever stop to...
“Most people think charity begins with generosity. In reality, it begins with accountability.” Walk into any social gathering in India and ask a simple question: “Why don’t more people start charities if they genuinely want to help others?” The answers usually sound simple. “Because they don’t have enough money.” “Because...
