MintMoneyMoney BoxMarch 29, 2019by Monika Halan0New Middle India’s pushback and the Big Indian Dream
Why the emerging middle India is suspicious of the old elite.
Expense AccountLet's Talk MoneyMintPersonal FinanceDecember 19, 2018by Monika Halan0Three celebrity weddings and Middle India’s cry of angst
Upper middle class India is outraged at the conspicuous weddings of the super rich. They should look at their own spending behaviour to see the truth of who is spending more.
Hindustan TimesMarketsNarendra ModiPersonal FinanceFebruary 2, 2018by Monika Halan0Union budget 2018: A budget for Bharat, but middle class Indians sulk
Though finance minister Arun Jaitley’s budget has significant schemes in healthcare and the standard deduction for salaried class, the only middle class cohort to truly benefit is the senior citizen. There were few happy faces in India after the Budget speech got over, except for the senior citizens. Since we don’t have representatives of...
Expense AccountMintSeptember 19, 2017by Monika Halan0Why it is so cool to beat up the rich
The middle class rage at profiling the rich of India pushes me to ask the question: how do we deal with our privilege?
Expense AccountMoney BoxPersonal FinanceSeptember 16, 2017by Monika Halan0Missing that fire in the belly
Pushed to the edge of the cliff, we learn to fly. But what happens to kids who grow up with all their needs and desires fulfilled? Where's the fire in the belly?
Expense AccountInvestmentsMintUncategorizedNovember 8, 2016by Monika Halan0As cash comes a cropper, confusion and chaos on the cards
Prime Minsiter Modi attacks black money by demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. Don't panic.
What does money buy? The luxury of choices. The drivers of human behaviour have not changed for over 40,000 years.
Expense AccountInvestmentsPersonal FinanceFebruary 29, 2016by Monika Halan0Taxing the rich in a poor country
India's Budget for 2016-17 taxes the rich Indian, gives small tax breaks to the less well off but taxes the Middle India retirement EPFO.
Expense AccountSeptember 22, 2010by Monika Halan0Towards the end of being good
Expense Account, Mint There is a problem in being good. Or as Gurcharan Das asks in his book, The Difficulty of Being Good, On the Subtle Art of Dharma—“why be good?” The first time I questioned this basic premise that has been drilled into most “service class” people as we call ourselves was many years ago...