If you burn your finger in a pot of boiling water, should you blame the water, the pot, the fire or yourself?
Delhi master plan 2021 – why is it attractive? Impact of the May 2009 Elections on Indian Real estate Industry Often, I am asked about the Delhi master plan 2021, its connotations, fine print etc. In the last few weeks, most questions seemed to be centred around the “Indian Elections and the impact on the [...]
A week back, a journalist with a leading business newspaper in India, connected with me on the subject. Knowing the sensitivity of the subject, I realized that many a sources the newspaper would tap would not be honest & direct. I requested the journalist to send me a brief questionnaire on the story line so [...]
There is so much interest on the “Ill-health” of the real estate industry, that almost everyday I get a couple of queries from the print media, for “bytes” on some story they might be doing. Knowing some of the compulsions of the media, I am sure that the story in entirety is not always published. [...]
Mark Twain very famously remarked once – “Buy land, they are not making it anymore.” Personally, I feel, never has any real estate investments been better advised than above. My good friend, Ajay Dabas returned from the USA in 2005, and we huddled together to identify the areas where he could invest his hard earned [...]
I wrote this little poem (sher) on a piece of paper one night, and stowed it somewhere. I chanced upon it ths afternoon, and I thought I must post it here. Please ignore the rhyme of the same, as I wanted to re-produce it here in the raw unpolished form. Here is how it goes. [...]