Insights from Shankar Sharma
• Equity markets are highly volatile and come with substantial risk. They are not as steady or predictable as many believe.
• Retail investors should be realistic about returns and not underestimate the downside.
• Strong Advice on Allocation:
Equities should account for NOT more than 5-10% of an individual’s disposable networth.
• He notes that while SIPs have created wealth for many, overexposure can be risky for average households.
Wise words worth thinking about in the current market!
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CJP MEMBER: Sir, please support our scientist Sonam Wangchuk Ji
UNCLE JI: Never.. I love my India. Did you take NEET?
GIRL: No
UNCLE JI: CJP has nothing to do with NEET
GIRL: Tell me Sonam sir's 1 research?
UNCLE JI: I know 50
“At best, each is a work of art, and I approach both in the same way. When I look at either a poem or a balance sheet, I try to see the center of gravity, the focal point. I read and I judge. How are things grouped around the center? Is there a natural equilibrium? What is the weight of the various components? Will the foundations support them? I ask myself these questions whether I am studying a profit-and-loss statement, a Shakespeare sonnet or the Gothic structure of the Duomo or the fugue at the end of Verdi’s Falstaff. One always looks for the source of truth— wasn’t it Mommsen who said that? It applies to history, philosophy, poetry — and also to banking, which is a little of everything.”
Things always change slowest at the top or the bottom.
Change is most sluggish at the extremes precisely because the rate of change is zero there. Things stand still, momentarily.
Some mistake that momentary pause as permanent, because in investing a momentary pause can be too long emotionally.
A shocking case has emerged from Ankleshwar, Gujarat, where two young women were allegedly assaulted on a public road.
CCTV footage of the attack has now surfaced and become crucial evidence.
The victims were reportedly beaten with a cricket bat and slippers. Based on the complaint, police have registered a case against four accused and launched an investigation.
Instead of resolving the dispute parents are turning their kids into goons .
Children are at the heart of Tamil Nadu's future.
Thank you, Hon'ble Chief Minister Thiru C. Joseph Vijay, for meeting UNICEF India to discuss strengthening investments in children through evidence-based policy, innovation, child-responsive governance and strategic partnerships.
Together, we can build stronger systems through a child wellbeing framework that gives every child the opportunity to thrive.
@ZiddiBakra@Nithin0dha Ser PM himself said he doesn’t do unscripted press meet as most of his electorate is dehat (rural) so what else did you expect lol
Egg prices rising due to shortage of poultry feed
India went from cotton exporter to importer
Water table drying up as farmers grow only sugarcane
All so that gannakari can wreck petrol engines with ethanol
My Experience with the RTO: Today vs. 8 Years Ago
It was 1996 when the Tamil movie Indian was released. It focused heavily on the deep-rooted corruption within RTO (Regional Transport Office) offices in Tamil Nadu. The movie was supposed to sound the alarm and raise public awareness to help reduce corruption. Instead, bribery became more normalized than ever before. For the past 30 years, it felt like only middlemen could walk into an RTO and actually get anything done.
In 2018, when we moved back to India from the US, I had a naive mindset and a strong will not to pay bribes. I had purchased a used tractor for agricultural use. Despite having all the proper paperwork, I had to make at least a dozen trips to the RTO office, spending several months waiting before I finally succeeded. I made it my mission to persist and win. I did eventually succeed in registering the vehicle, but it came at a heavy cost to my time and emotional well-being. At the end of the grueling process, the assistant to the RTO laughed as he signed the papers and asked me to at least buy a flag for ₹50.
Since then, I evolved into a "normal" Tamilian because survival comes first. Bribes had simply become a normalized part of life.
Even after the 2026 election results and @TVKVijayHQ public stance against bribery, I still didn't voluntarily choose to go to the RTO office myself this time.
However, I went today because a middleman told me, "Sir, please go yourself, as middlemen are no longer encouraged inside the offices." To my surprise, I walked in alone with the paperwork from my dealership. The entire process took two and a half hours. All of the staff members were courteous, except for the brake inspector. He reminded me of the movie Indian—he easily could have worn me down, but I persisted, driven by the hope given to us by our CM, @TVKVijayHQ sir.
What gave me real hope, though, was the RTO officer himself. As he signed the papers, he explicitly told us, "You will be given a username and password to pay online. Please do not pay any money to anyone else." I never imagined I would hear those words inside an RTO office in my lifetime.
Today, I got the work done with absolutely zero bribes. A huge thanks to Thiru. Vijay Avl and the people for electing him as our CM.
I will write a separate post soon detailing where process reforms are still required based on my experience. Many British-era rules still exist; changing them will reduce corruption to an even greater extent.
@raavanamavan7@CMOTamilnadu@VigneshTvkCbe@arunraajkg@BussyAnand@RameshOffcl@makkal_saatchi