History of gold prices (in rupees):1930: 180 per 10 gram1940: 360 per 10 gram1950: 1000 per 10 gram1960: 1110 per 10 gram1970: 1840 per 10 gram1975: 5,400 per 10 gram2000: 3,000 per 10 gram2006: 5,400 per 10 gram2009: 15,700 per 10 gram. Gold surprisingly gave 300% returns from 1970 to 1975 when world suffered worst […]

A disappointed salesman of Coca Cola returns from his Middle East assignment. A friend asked, "Why weren’t you successful with the Arabs?" The salesman explained, "When I got posted in the Middle East, I was very confident that I would make a good sales pitch in rural areas. But, I had a problem I didn’t […]

A city boy, Raj, moved to the village and bought a donkey from an old farmer for Rs.1000. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry Rajji, but I have some bad news, the donkey died while I was bringing him here."Raj replied: […]

LiveJournal Tags: Interview Skill Interviewee Interviewer Panel: “Why do you want to join this Company?” This is quite a common question been asked by the interviewer; and unfortunately, people brag on with company’s whole time-line, branches, reputation, blabber etc etc…… Your response is a straight inference of your honesty as well as interactive capacity. And […]

LiveJournal Tags: Interview Skill Interviewee Interviewer This is quite a tricky to explain. Professionals can only list the guidelines for going through a successful or at-least a presentable interview. Outline can be designed on how to approach the bench, present yourself, what to speak, how much too… these are specifics that need to be customized […]

Raju Raju sat on the wall Raju Raju had a great fall Balance sheet died Shareholders cried Raju Raju made a fraud Raju Raju Yes baba Cheating us No baba Telling Lies No baba Open the balance sheet HA HA HA

A cold winter! It was autumn, and the Red Indians asked their New Chief if the winter wasgoing to be cold or mild. Since he was a Red Indian chief in a modernsociety, he couldn’t tell what the weather was going to be. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his Tribe […]

Breathe from your diaphragmPractice long and controlled exhales. When you speak, use breath to punctuate your point. For example, take a breath at the end of each phrase whether you need to or not. Use that opportunity to pause and let the listeners absorb what you say. Use pitchLower pitches generally are more soothing to […]

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for Rs10.The villagers started catching the monkeys. The man bought thousands of monkeys at Rs10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy at […]

Since the collapse of the leading US investment banks in August-September 2008, there has been a breakdown of trust in inter-bank and inter-institutional lending. Given that this kind of extreme risk perception will be reversed only slowly, the full resolution of the crisis will inevitably take time. Additionally, there is the problem of contagion – […]