Category "Finance"

When the rupee hits ₹91 to the dollar — simple, sharp and a little savage

Today,  16th December 2025, the Indian rupee slipped past ₹91 per US dollar — the weakest level in history. The Finance Ministry attributed this to four reasons: a widening trade deficit, a strong global dollar, weak capital inflows, and external factors. That’s official language. Now let’s translate it into plain...

From Cockpit to Cash-Out: How India’s Aviation Monopoly Was Built, Milked, and Abandoned

When Rakesh Gangwal resigned from IndiGo’s board and announced he would become a “passive investor”, it sounded calm. Corporate. Mature. But behind that polite sentence lies one of the ugliest stories of modern Indian capitalism — a story of monopoly, regulatory silence, obscene wealth creation, zero accountability, and complete disregard...

10 Businesses Poor and Lower Middle Class Indians Should NOT Jump Into

After doing many businesses myself, failing in some, surviving in a few, and closely watching hundreds of founders bleed silently, I am writing this without theory, without motivation quotes, and without false hope. This is lived experience. I have tried e-commerce, branding, consulting, technology, and grassroots work. I have sat...

50 paise For a Child’s Vegetable: Welcome to India’s Nutrition Scam

Let’s drop the politeness and get straight to the gut punch. In Ramanagara, Karnataka, an Anganwadi cooking meal for children below six gets 50 paise per child per day for vegetables. Not ₹5. Not ₹50. ₹0.50 ( 50 paise ) That’s not a typo. That’s official government allocation. At today’s...

The Third-Generation Curse: Why 95% Of Indian Family Businesses Die

Why The New Generation Must Wake Up Before Their Legacy Turns Into A LinkedIn Job Search There is one truth India keeps whispering but never says loudly: most family businesses don’t collapse because of competition… they collapse because of the third generation. Not because the third gen is unlucky. Not...

Use Your Salary to Fund Your Freedom: The Real Journey of a Late-Blooming Entrepreneur

There’s a quote that hits differently when you’ve lived it, not just read it: “Use your salary to fund your business until your business can fund your freedom.” For most people, this sounds motivational. For some, it’s reality. For me—it’s been the blueprint of my life for the last decade....