The Two Mistakes That Kill Businesses Every entrepreneur eventually faces the same question about a venture that is not working: should I keep going or should I stop? Most people answer it badly because they ask it in the wrong way. They look at the past. The better question looks...
What if retirement is not the end of your working life, but the beginning of the life you always wanted to live? For most people, turning 50 means thinking about retirement, financial security, health insurance, and spending more time with family. For me, it means something different. It means preparing...
Imagine waking up tomorrow to discover that your company is downsizing. Your salary stops, but your home loan EMI continues. Your child’s school fees are due, your parents need medical care, groceries are becoming expensive, and your credit card bill arrives as usual. How many months could your family survive...
From Kerala’s jewellery giants to Tanishq’s nationwide dominance, India’s gold business raises a fascinating question: Is the real money in selling gold, or in understanding the Indian obsession with it? Walk through almost any major town in Kerala, and you will notice something remarkable. One jewellery showroom opens, and soon...
On September 10, 2025, Oracle’s stock jumped 36 percent in a single day. It was one of the biggest one-day gains ever recorded for a company that large. Larry Ellison, already one of the richest men alive, briefly passed Elon Musk to become the richest man on the planet. Oracle’s...
An iPhone 18 Pro can cost ₹1,64,900 in India. The upcoming iPhone Duo starts at ₹2,99,900. But what do these numbers actually mean for an ordinary Indian family? The queues are back. The excitement is back. The new iPhone is here. And Apple has taken the premium-phone game to another...
There was a time when putting your salary into a bank account felt like the end of the story. Now it sometimes feels like the beginning of the billing process. Banking charges. ATM charges. Taxes on investments. Capital-gains taxes. Charges on financial services. And now, a major debate over whether...
Growing old deserves respect. It does not give anyone the right to control everyone around them. There is an uncomfortable subject that Indian families rarely discuss openly. What happens when a parent reaches 70 or 75 but becomes more controlling, more interfering, more demanding and more destructive—not less? Some elderly...
In D2C fashion, everyone sees the photographs. The model. The product. The packaging. The Instagram reels. The website. The influencer wearing it. Almost nobody sees the work holding the business together. And that is where many new fashion entrepreneurs get their first shock. Fashion Is Not Just About Fashion Launching...
The United States just crossed a number too large for most people to picture. Its national debt has passed $40 trillion. That works out to about $117,000 for every American, man, woman, and child. The debt has doubled in just ten years. And the pace is not slowing down. The...
