Bombay Stock Exchange – Origins
Bombay Stock Exchange, originally named as “The Native Share & Stock Brokers’ Association”, was established in 1875. This makes BSE the oldest stock exchange in the Asian economic region. It is also the biggest South Asian stock exchange in terms of market capitalization (NSE is the second largest!), and the 11th largest on a global level (August 2009). When the government passed the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act in 1956, the BSE was the first stock exchange in India to be recognized under the Act. Originally mooted as an AOP (Association of Persons), BSE was demutualised and corporatized...
Madam Mayawati is certainly living up to her name!
This world is Maya! How will we remember this until there are giant statues of our Maya on every road crossing? She reduced the work of future generation, by installing her own statues. Has any great...
Financial scams have a habit of cropping up with an alarming regularity in the Indian financial system. We have reconciled to financial irregularities to such an extent that we simply do not pay heed to smaller scams that take place around us on...
Young maids carrying bags or kids, quietly strutting behind their smiling & laughing employers, is a very common scene now-a days. Most homes hire a full time maid for domestic jobs starting from mopping to looking after kids and shopping. The...
Income tax incidence is a major factor that affects the financial aspects of retirement planning. Financial security and stability is a chief concern post retirement, and the income taxes have a major impact on these aspects. Fortunately, the government...
Yes! It certainly is shining in the malls, in the PVRs, in the pubs & nightclubs, in the flyovers and high-rises of the metros. It is shining in the glitz and glamour of the high income class living in modern luxuries, earning high salaries. We...
33% reservation for women, 33% for OBC, 33% for minority community, 33% for the disabled, 33% for this and 33% for that. Do such reservations really help? How can a 33% reservation empower women or anyone for that matter?
People have the choice to join...
Spiritualism is often used as a garb. But it is not the fault of people who use it as a garb.
Spiritualism in reality is a garb.
For a Swamiji selling spiritualism there are many tools. Hindu mythology, Vedas, Upanishads, mantras, poojas, tantras,...
Arranged or Love marriage, post marriage, marriage is just marriage!
Way back in 1969, a British friend of my father once lamented- “I wish my children would realize the importance of parents’ guidance in selecting a mate. The Indian arranged marriage...
Imagine cooking a vegetable immediately after plucking it from the plant! It may sound like a dream but this dream can be made a reality, at least to some extent, by growing vegetables in the kitchen garden. We cannot own a farm, but considering the...
The menace of ragging does not seem to die. Every year a few students succumb to brutal ragging in colleges.The awareness and stricter rules against ragging has reduced it to some extent, but still there’s a long way to go. We need to completely...
Everyone wants Success. Majority start their journey towards success by cracking professional exams like IIT/Engineering entrance, CAT, IPS, PSC, IAS, IFS etc. The seats are limited and the numbers of applicants are almost 10 times the vacancy. As...
As a baby grow up, all parents become possessive about the kid and try to guide the kid to a better future. Parents want to secure their child’s future and make every effort to protect them from getting spoilt or getting swayed away by wrong things....
Now a days, one of the most colorful and attractive part of most newspaper are the advertisements for coaching centers. You can hate them at there exaggerated display, but you cannot ignore them. I was first surprised to see the ads for coaching...
IPTV, an acronym for Internet Protocol Television, is a system which delivers digital television to subscribers over the internet, or more specifically, over the broadband. Thus, it is different from the conventional delivery methods, wherein the...
Cell phones available in the market can be either of the two types – locked and unlocked. So, what is the difference between a locked cellphone and an unlocked cellphone, and how is the locking/unlocking done?
Unlocking a Cell Phone is Easy
A locked...
Cheers to all women!
I was all smiles this morning after reading a totally unanticipated report in the Delhi Times Gurgaon edition. ‘Lady drivers exempted from checking (in Gurgaon) because they are law-abiding, safe drivers ’- this was the happy...
“Youth in politics” has been frequently touted as the perfect pill to cure all the ills that plague the Indian political system. A number of debates, especially if they involve the ‘younger’ and ‘urbanized’ crowd, will frequently propose...
Some years back when I read about the concept of homeschooling taking roots in the US, it did appeal to me. On reading a recent report in the Times of India on homeschooling in India, I wondered, can this be the answer/solution to check the unnecessary...
College teaching-
Teaching is certainly a noble profession, but so is medicine and social work! Any profession we choose, we need to be passionate about it. Love and passion should guide us in whatever we do.
All high scoring students may not essentially...
