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Finally, Taxi On The Fast Lane ….@ Chennai…

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Welcome to Meru. Your billing has started,” announces a mechanised voice as one enters a Meru taxi. Photo: Ram Keshav

 

Taxis are now available in your city at the touch of an icon on your smartphone

Driver Nickson is on his way from Nungambakkam in a Ford Endeavour. He is 21 minutes away. No, 19.  The car-shaped icon moves like an ant on the smartphone’s screen as time ticks by. It tells us exactly where the taxi is at which point in time. He glides to a stop as one watches him on the screen. The taxi is here — the entire process happened at the touch of an app on the smartphone. Call taxis, these days, don’t require a ‘call’ for you to avail their service. All you have to do is download an app. Companies such as Uber, Ola, and Meru put you in touch with their drivers through a well-coordinated system that involves the GPS.

The Uber app for instance, can be downloaded onto Android phones and iPhones (it is not available for Windows phones). The taxi can be booked by just tapping on the icon; the nearest Uber driver is informed of your location and so are you. Before you know it, your taxi is booked — the app lets you monitor the driver’s location on Google maps, displays his name, and the car’s registration number.

“Uber’s specialty is on-the-spot booking,” says Nickson. “You can book your cab while you’re on the move.” And there is no cash involved — once you register with Uber, the bill amount is debited from your credit card. The best thing regarding Uber is their cars — Honda Civic, Accord, Toyota Camry, Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar. Launched in the city in January this year, Uber is the next big thing in taxis.

“Welcome to Meru. Your billing has started,” announces a mechanised voice as one enters a Meru taxi. “It’s the Tab,” points out driver Samuel David. “All of our cabs come fitted with Tabs. We use them to monitor the meter.” The Tab displays the start time, customer’s name, and drop location. “We have 60 cars running in the city; we launched a month ago,” explains Samuel. The Meru app works in a similar way; it is available on Google Play, App Store, and Windows Store.

Ola Cabs, yet another new line of taxis, are also available at a single touch — the app is available on App Store and Google Play. “There is no confusion regarding the client’s location. Once they book a cab, I get to know their location through GPS,” says driver K.N. Gopinath.

Despite it all, these taxis are priced nominally. Which is why, “these days, even people who own cars take taxis to be dropped off and picked up from the airport,” according to Gopinath. They are also widely used by women who go pubbing late night. “On Fridays and weekends, our customers are mostly couples and party-goers who prefer us for our luxury cabs,” says Nickson.

“We also have the option of card payment,” adds Samuel. Meru has strict rules for its drivers. Displayed on the dashboard is an oath that has lines such as ‘I will not drink and drive’, ‘I will charge the customer as per the meter’, and ‘I will be alert at all times’. “There is just one word I don’t understand,” says Samuel as the car zooms through Anna Salai. “What does ‘groom’ mean? We are repeatedly told to be well-groomed.” Just then, the taxi pulls up at our destination and the mechanised voice calls out: “Thank you for using Meru.”

Keywords: call taxis, Meru, Ola, Uber, Chennai cabs

source::::   Akila Kannadasan in The Hindu… metroplus

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Message For the Day…” Why Our Ancestors Built Huge Temple Towers …” ?

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It was to remind people in the villages to think of God that the ancients built temples which towered above all other buildings. The temple tower was the first thing the villagers saw when they woke up in the morning. The sight of the temple spire immediately aroused in them spontaneous feelings of adoration. It must be recognised that it was not a crazy feeling which inspired the ancients to build huge temples at great expense. These multi-storeyed temple towers were built so that they might constantly evoke sacred thoughts about God in the minds of the people. It has been said: “The body (deha) is like a temple for theDehi (indwelling eternal Spirit).” Just as a doctor reminds you of illness, and a lawyer makes you think of litigation, in the same manner when you look at your body you must remember God.   

Sathya Sai Baba

How to Spot the International Space Station ….

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Every so often, the International Space Station (ISS) becomes visible in your night sky. Here’s how you can spot it.

Is it a meteor? Is it a plane? It might be the International Space Station (ISS).

Every so often, the ISS becomes visible in the night sky. To us on Earth, it looks like a bright star moving quickly above the horizon. The ISS is so bright, it can even been seen from the center of a city. Then, just as suddenly as it appeared, it disappears. How do you know when you can see the ISS in your night sky?

A composite photograph of the International Space Station from Earth. Image Credit: Dave Walker.

NASA has started a Spot the Station program where people from around the world can sign up to receive alerts when the ISS will be visible from your location. You can receive alerts via email or a text message to your phone. Typically, alerts are sent out a few times each month when the station’s orbit is near your location. Visit the Spot the Station website here to sign up, and view a list of upcoming sighting opportunities.

Notices will only be sent to you when the ISS will be clearly visible from your location for at least a couple of minutes. If you live north of 51.6 degrees latitude (for example, in Alaska), you will likely have to visit the website to find sighting opportunities because notifications in this region would be rare.

The notices contain information on where to look for the ISS in the night sky. Just note where the sun sets and you can easily find the direction where the station will appear (for example, in the southwest or in the northwest). The height at which the station will appear is given in degrees. Just remember that 90 degrees is directly over your head. Any number less than 90 degrees will mean that the station will appear somewhere between the horizon and the 90 degree mark. The station is so bright that it is really hard to miss if you’re looking in the correct direction. Alternatively, you can stretch out your fist at arm’s length toward the horizon, which is equivalent to about 10 degrees. Then, just use the appropriate number of fist-lengths to find the location marker, e.g., four fist-lengths from the horizon would be equivalent to about 40 degrees.

Photograph of the International Space Station taken from the space shuttle Endeavour on May 30, 2011. Image Credit: NASA.

So far, more than half a million people have signed up to receive alerts from NASA’s Spot the Station program. I’ve seen the station fly over twice now and it’s a pretty amazing experience—gets you thinking about how far our technology has advanced.

The first module of the ISS was launched into space in 1998 and the initial construction of the station took about two years to complete. Human occupation of the station began on November 2, 2000. Since that time, the ISS has been continuously occupied and over 214 people have visited to date. The ISS serves as both an orbiting laboratory and a port for international spacecraft. The primary partnering countries involved in operating the ISS include the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and Russia.

Astronauts Robert Curbeam, Jr. and Christer Fuglesang working on the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA.

The ISS orbits at approximately 220 miles above the Earth and it travels at an average speed of 27,724 kilometers (17,227 miles) per hour. The ISS makes multiple orbits around the Earth every day. So far, the ISS has traveled more than 1.5 billion miles through space.

Bottom line: Check out the ISS in the night sky the next time it flies over your location. You can sign up to receive alerts with NASA’s Spot the Station program or visit that website to view a list of viewing opportunities.

source:::::Earth skynews site

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” குழப்பம் வேண்டாம் ….இனிமேல் கவலை இல்லை … “

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காஞ்சி சங்கர மடத்தில், ஒரு மாலை வேளை…மகா பெரியவரைத் தரிசிக்க ஏகக்கூட்டம் கூடியிருந்தது.

அப்போது, அவரது பார்வையில் 20 வயது மதிக்கத்தக்க இளைஞர் தென்பட்டார்.

அவரையே வைத்த கண் வாங்காமல் பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருந்த பெரியவர், தனக்கு பணிவிடை செய்து கொண்டிருந்த ராமு என்ற இளைஞரை அழைத்து, “”கியூவிலே பதினைந்தாவது ஆசாமியா நிக்கிறானே ஒரு புள்ளையாண்டான்! அவன் சைசுக்கு சரியா இருக்கிறாப்லே ஒரு சட்டை, பேண்ட்துணி வாங்கிட்டு வா! அதுக்குரிய பணத்தை ஆபீசிலே வாங்கிண்டு போ! பக்கத்திலே இருக்கிற முதலியார் ஜவுளிக்கடையில் துணி எடுத்துண்டு வா!” என்றார்.

ராமுவுக்கு பெரியவர் ஏன் இப்படி சொல்கிறார் என்ற விபரம் புரியவில்லை. ஆனாலும், 15 நிமிடங்களுக்குள் துணிமணியுடன் வந்து நின்றார். துணிமணிகளைப் பார்த்த பெரியவர், “”பேஷ்! பேஷ்! நன்னா இருக்குடா!” என்று பாராட்டி விட்டு, “”நீ உடனே போய், ஒரு மூங்கில் தட்டில் நெறயபழங்கள், பூர்ண பலம் (மட்டைத் தேங்காய்) எல்லாம் எடுத்து வச்சுண்டு, இந்த துணிமணிகளை அதுமேலே வச்சுடு. நான் சொன்னேன்னு சொல்லி, மடத்து மேனேஜர் கிட்டே 6250 ரூபாயை ஒரு கவர்ல போட்டு, அதையும் தட்டுலே வச்சுடு. என்ன பண்ணணுங்கிறதே அப்புறமா சொல்றேன்!” என்றார்.

இதற்குள் அந்த இளைஞர் சுவாமிகள் முன் வந்து விட்டார். பெரியவர் அவனை ஏறிட்டுப் பார்த்தார். ராமுவை அழைத்து, “”அந்த மூங்கில் தட்டை அவன் கையிலே கொடு.

அந்தப் பையனுக்கும், அவன் குடும்பத்துக்கும் நான் பூர்ண ஆசிர்வாதம் பண்றதா சொல்லு,” என்று இன்முகத்துடன் கட்டளையிட்டார்.

அதன்படி, தட்டை அவன் கையில் ராமு கொடுக்க, அவன் குழப்பத்துடன் நின்றான்.

“”ராமு! அவன் ரொம்ப குழம்பியிருக்கான். குழப்பம் ஏதும் வேண்டாம். அவன் வீட்டிலே பணத்தை பத்திரமா ஒப்படைக்கச் சொல்லு!” என்றார் பெரியவர்.

இளைஞரும் ஏதும் புரியாமல் தட்டுடன் கிளம்பி விட்டார்.

அவரைப் போல குழம்பி நின்ற ராமுவிடம் பெரியவர்,””ராமு! ரொம்ப வருஷத்துக்கு முன்னாடி நடந்த சம்பவம் இது. அப்போ, நம்ம மடத்துக்கு ரொம்ப சிரமமான காலம். அப்போ, ஒரு ஆறுமாசம் நான் வடதேசத்துக்கு யாத்திரை கிளம்பினேன். மடத்து வாசலுக்கு வந்தேன். எதிர்த்தாப்புலே ஒரு செட்டியார் மளிகைக்கடை வச்சிருந்தார். மடத்துக்கு அங்க தான் மளிகை சாமான்கள் பற்று வரவு கணக்கு. வாசல்ல என்னைப் பார்த்ததும், செட்டியார் வேகமா ஓடி வந்தார்.

“என்ன செட்டியார்வாள்! சவுக்கியமா? வியாபாரம் எல்லாம் எப்படி போகுதுன்னு விசாரிச்சேன்! அவர் வாயைப் பொத்திண்டு பவ்யமா, “சுமாரா போறது சுவாமி! கஷ்டமாத்தான் இருக்கு! பெரியவா வடதேசம் போவதாவும், திரும்ப அஞ்சாறு மாசம் ஆகும்னும் சொன்னாங்க!’ என்று மென்னு விழுங்கினார். பிறகு, “நாலஞ்சு மாசமா மடத்து மளிகை பாக்கி அப்படியே நிலுவைல இருக்கு! எனக்கும் கஷ்டம்! அதனாலே, உங்ககிட்ட குறையைச் சொல்லிக்கிறேன்,’ என்றார்.

ஆறுமாதம் கழித்து வந்து பார்த்தால் கடை பூட்டியிருந்துச்சு! விசாரித்ததிலே, செட்டியார் மூணு மாசத்துக்கு முன்னாடி திடீர்னு காலகதி அடைஞ்சுட்டதா சொன்னா! அவரோட மனுஷாள்ளாம் எங்கே இருக்கான்னும் தெரியலே. அதற்கப்புறம் பாக்கி எவ்வளவுன்னு தெரிஞ்சு வச்சுண்டேன்! எண்ணூத்தி எழுபத்தஞ்சு முக்கால் ரூவா! அந்த பாக்கியை இன்னைக்கு தான் வட்டியும் முதலுமா தீர்த்து வச்சேன்! அந்த பையன் வேறு யாருமில்லே!

செட்டியாரோட பிள்ளை வயித்து பேரன். தாத்தாவுக்கு சேர வேண்டியதை, பேரன் கிட்ட அசலும் வட்டியுமா சேர்ப்பித்தாச்சு!

இனிமே கவலை இல்லை!” என்றார்.

பெரியவர் செய்த இந்த கைங்கர்யம் நம் எல்லாருக்கும் ஒரு பாடம். யாருக்காவது கடன் கொடுக்க இருந்து, அவருக்கு கொடுக்க இயலாமல் போனால், அவர்களின் வாரிசைத் தேடிப்பிடித்து கொடுத்து விட வேண்டும்.   

 

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A Tribute to India’s Natural Heritage ….

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India is home to an amazingly wide variety of wild animals native to the country. This video subtly inspires us to be mindful guardians and reminds us of our responsibilities towards them.

A nicely shot film with a complementary track. Jai Hind.

source:::: You Tube & Story Pick

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When Madras First Voted !!!

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Chennai has just voted, along with the rest of Tamil Nadu. Waiting for the results may be a good time to think of the first mass-based election – in 1937, when over 35 million or about 25 per cent of the adult population voted in all British-ruled provinces of India, for the local legislatures. In Madras Presidency, that meant elections to the newly created Madras Legislative Assembly.

Our city was the capital of this vast Presidency, which extended from Andhra to Kanyakumari and so the atmosphere was electric. Adding to the excitement was the Congress party, contesting elections for the first time. Leading the campaign effort was S Satyamurti, veteran freedom-fighter, lawyer, theatre personality, patron of music and a magnificent orator. Under Satyamurti, the campaign was to be a colourful one.

He had for long been using theatre and (from 1931) film artistes, to attract crowds for his public meetings. In the 1937 campaign he was to press them once again into service. Chief among these were KB Sundarambal and ‘Avvai’ TK Shanmugam. Those were polls when in place of symbols, each party was identified by a ballot box of a certain colour and the voter had to push his paper into the box of his/her choice. The Congress party was assigned the colour yellow. At each public meeting, Sundarambal and Shanmugam would sing song hits from their plays and when a sizeable crowd had collected, would speak about the Congress. Then Sundarambal would wax eloquent on the good and auspicious qualities of turmeric and therefore the colour yellow. They would then depart after asking everyone assembled to vote for the yellow box. The Devadasi campaigner Tanjavur Kamukannammal would give the colour a different twist. She would speak about snuff and then ask everyone to vote in the ‘snuff box’! A special gramophone record containing the songs of Sundarambal and Musiri Subramania Iyer along with Congress appeals carried the message into households.

Such was the Congress juggernaut that some opposing candidates opted to withdraw rather than fight the polls. The first unopposed return to the Assembly was announced a month before the election – a certain K Kamaraj Nadar (!!) was declared elected from the Sattur-Aruppukottai rural constituency.

Those were days when newspapers could get away by being blatantly partisan (or patriotic depending on how you looked at it). The Hindu, carried a headline instructing its readers to “Fill the Yellow Boxes”. “Voters should require little persuasion at this time of the day to vote for the Congress,” it said. On the eve of polling day (February 14) NS Varadachari, a Congress candidate, was roughed by hired thugs in the Triplicane area. The Hindu carried a column on this and also had a photograph of Varadachari leading a procession, with bandaged head!

The results, when announced on February 24, were well worth the effort. The Congress had cornered 74 per cent of the seats in the Assembly, the best performance by the party anywhere in India.

Keywords: hidden histories column, S Satyamurti, Madras voting

SRIRAM.V in The Hindu …MetroPlus

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Animal Photos Of the Week…

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Tiger plays with dog

Two dogs have become best friends with a tiger. The dogs – mother Lia, pictured, and her male pup Hugo – are inseparable from new-born tiger cub Suria. Suria was born at the Oasis of the Siberian Tiger, in Senec, Slovakia – a protected area that aims to breed ussurian tigers. Suria soon became friendly with Lia and Hugo, who live on the site.Picture: LUCIA ZUSTAKOVA / CATERS NEWS  

 

These fluffy ducklings had a lucky escape when quack-thinking staff at the Knowsley Safari Park, Merseyside, spotted them in the lion enclosure. A keeper distracted the big cats so the babies - nicknamed Ant and Dec - could be moved to safety.

These fluffy ducklings had a lucky escape when quack-thinking staff at the Knowsley Safari Park, Merseyside, spotted them in the lion enclosure. A keeper distracted the big cats so the babies – nicknamed Ant and Dec – could be moved to safety.Picture: KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK  

 

Hedgehog with head stuck

This hedgehog in the western German city of Saarbruecken had a lucky escape after being tempted to try and eat the remains of a pudding at the bottom of a plastic carton and getting its head stuck.The trapped hedgehog was spotted walking in the middle of the street by a motorist. He was worried that it was likely to be run over, despite stopping and attempting to divert drivers around the animal.He called police to alert them to the fact that there was a hedgehog on the road which motorists were swerving to avoid. When officers arrived they managed to find the animal and free it from the pudding container.  

 

A lion cub stretches as the rain begins to fall in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya

A lion cub stretches as the rain begins to fall in the Masai Mara National Reserve in KenyaPicture: Mark Bridger/Solent News 

 

Curious cheetahs peer into a sunroof in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Curious cheetahs peer into a sunroof in the Masai Mara National Reserve, KenyaPicture: Elmar Weiss/HotSpot Media 

 

Beefy the four-day-old giant lamb stands next to another lamb the same age at Cannon Hall farm in Barnsley

Beefy the four-day-old giant lamb stands next to another lamb the same age at Cannon Hall farm in BarnsleyPicture: ROSS PARRY

 

A polar bear cub and its mother Uslada play after leaving their winter shelter in St.Petersburg's zoo

A polar bear cub and its mother Uslada play after leaving their winter shelter in St.Petersburg’s zooPicture: EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV

 

An Afghan nomad, called Kuchi, leads his camel across a road in Jalalabad-Kabul highway east of Kabul, Afghanistan

Kuchi, an Afghan nomad, leads his camel across a road in Jalalabad-Kabul highway east of Kabul, AfghanistanPicture: Rahmat Gul/AP 

 

A curious leopard cub toys with Ranger Roan Ravenhill's GoPro camera, in MalaMala Game Reserve in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

A curious leopard cub toys with ranger Roan Ravenhill’s GoPro camera in MalaMala Game Reserve in Mpumalanga Province, South AfricaPicture: Roan Clive Ravenhill/Barcroft 

SOURCE:::: The Telegraph UK

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Financial Lies We Tell Ourselves … !!!

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They say lying is an art and not everyone can do it well. Those who do it well pat their own back by saying they can manage any kind of situation. Do we even lie (to ourselves) when we deal with our finances? Yes, we do. I can bet on it anytime.

I have seen people lie to themselves in a lot of areas concerned with personal finance such as investments, savings, insurance, expenditure, etc.

I would like to touch upon the top 10 financial lies we tell ourselves in our day to day lives.

1. Retirement planning still has lot of time

We somehow strongly feel that retirement planning can be done at later stages of life rather than starting now. It is a common tendency to ignore things which occur after a long time.

Remember the days when we used to study for exams just one day before? This type of thinking is probably continuing with most of us. It is dangerous since life’s important goals such as retirement need to be planned well in advance and cannot be achieved overnight (or even within 5-10 years).

In fact, I suggest you start investing for retirement right when you start earning. It seems funny but with rising inflation, medical costs and uncertainties revolving around our heads retirement life is going to be a costly affair.

Use retirement calculator to know how much you need in order to maintain your current lifestyle after retirement. Do not forget to add other expenses such as vacation, dream home, etc.

2. Term insurance is a waste of money

We Indians have a tendency to get something in return for what we have done and that has to be in monetary terms. Term insurance has been ignored for years since it does not give back anything in return.

However, it is the only form of insurance which actually addresses your need — protection to your family. If it’s the question of investment, there are tons of products in the market.

We could be speaking about the sales pitch of insurance agents who reiterate the need for traditional products. These products (in various forms keep coming back to haunt us with changed tactics. No matter what changes happen, they have continuously failed against the biggest evil named inflation.

3. I have enough Health Insurance cover From My Employer …

This is a common escapist tactic that we use to protect ourselves from health insurance companies when they try to sell us mediclaim policies. It’s good that we are already covered by the employer.

But, is it enough?

Will the company give us the same benefit till we stay with it? What about the phase when we leave the current organisation and join elsewhere? And there are few more similar questions to be answered.

If you have answers for all the above questions, you need not buy health insurance. If you are not sure about even one of these, then probably it’s time you have one for your entire family.

4. Fixed deposits are enough to help me reach my goals

‘Conservatism’ is a word which I have been hearing a lot since recession. People have suddenly realised that their money is precious and they cannot afford to lose the principal amount invested. And so, they started investing in FDs rather than mutual funds or stocks for their goals.

They seem to give a blind eye when you talk to them about post tax returns, inflation, etc.

Well, firstly how many of us have calculated as to how much would be needed to help us achieve our goals. Not many.

If returns of 6 per cent or 7 per cent per annum (post taxes are more than sufficient to build wealth for your future, then am not going to stop you from doing it. But, if you feel otherwise, then you need to look to diverse across mutual funds, FMPs, PPF and so on rather than just stick to one product.

 

5. Except LIC, other insurers don’t settle my insurance claims


This is a bit of continuation to point no 2 mentioned above. Yes, LIC has the highest claim settlement ration of 97.73 per cent. But, what about others?

Let’s see:

ICICI Prudential — 96.29 per cent

  • HDFC Life — 95.76 per cent
  • SBI Life — 94.41 per cent
  • Max Life — 94.25 per cent
  • Kotak Life — 92.04 per cent

I know that in India, only winners matters and everyone else is treated as a failure. But, are these numbers that bad? Some of these insurers have settled most of these claims within 1-3 months.

Moreover, term plan of LIC is costlier compared to the online plans of private insurers, which provide greater sum assured at a cheaper price. Now, when I say this, I am not against LIC.

However, I cannot support it just because it is a government organisation.

6. I will lose my money in mutual funds

Whenever I talk about mutual funds, this is the most common thing that I get to hear. I try to answer this by analysing why he/she might have lost money rather than just cursing mutual funds. However, I still fail to convince people on this.

You don’t stop driving a scooter just because you fell from it once or twice when you were trying to learn. Doesn’t the same principle apply to investments as well? I know that life is quite comfortable in your conventional instruments such as FDs, PPF, etc.

Though mutual fund is a single name, it comes in different varieties such as equity, balanced and debt. They have different objectives and strategies. You need to pick the one which suits your risk appetite and time frame of your goal.

Not all mutual funds will eat away your money in bad situations.

For example, liquid fund is an example of debt fund which can serve as an alternative to your savings bank account with sufficient liquidity.

7. I don’t need a financial advisor

 

This is probably the most repeated financial lie. We have a gut feeling in our hearts that managing personal finance is a child’s play. Financial planner or advisor only works for his advantage and we don’t need such people to advise us.

EPF contribution, tax deduction and a couple of FDs — that’s it. We are done with our financial plan.

We visit a doctor when there is a health issue; we visit a lawyer when there is a law related issue. But, why not a financial planner when there is a financial issue?

The problem is that we don’t recognise financial issues till they have actually happened. I suggest you seek a financial planner’s help if you do not have time for your finances.

8. I have control over my spending

We keep telling ourselves that we have control over our spending and don’t need to make a budget. In fact, we keep applying for credit cards with the same impression. One of my friends also stated to me that he uses credit card only when it’s necessary. I believe it doesn’t really happen.

Credit is credit. Yes, credit card has reward points and few other advantages. But, it remains good only if you pay bills on time, do not default, do not frequently transfer balance to another card or do not go for settlements.

9. Personal loan is the best option during emergency

Whenever there is an emergency, we only look to apply for personal loans. We believe that there is no other option other than personal loan. But, do you know that you can apply for a loan against fixed deposit, gold, insurance and PPF?

And these can be availed at better rates too.

And the final one…

10. I cannot invest now

Whenever I ask people to invest for their future, they say their plates are full of EMIs, household spending and so on.

So, can you compromise on your goals? I guess no one would want to. You have to make space for regular investment. It may mean you have lesser money to spend on entertainment, vacations and so on.

If you are ready to do these sacrifices, then you will be ready to invest for your future. Intentions are more important than numbers.

You like this or dislike this, !!!!!…. Be Frank

source::::Rediff.com

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Message For The Day…” A DivinePower is Always In You …”

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Fire emerges when one wooden stick is rubbed against another. Can two sticks placed next to each other produce the fire? No. Fire though latent in them, emerges only through the act of rubbing of the sticks. What do these sticks symbolize? The sticks represent the human body. The fire of wisdom (jnana) is present in subtle form within us since our birth and is inert. Spiritual effort (Sadhana) is the process of rubbing the sticks. Where is the butter present in the milk? Butter has always been present in the milk and could be obtained only after the milk had been converted to curd and the curd was churned. Once butter is obtained from the buttermilk, it remains as butter without becoming milk. Likewise, in the human body, a divine power pervades every part of the body, which, after the experience of a Sakshatkar (vision of the Divine) will not be attached to the body.

 

 

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