Country, Before Party and Self
I am surprised that it took a Supreme Court to sack A Raja, who has shortchanged the country of billions of dollars and I was sacked in a few minutes when I have acted for the country, ” quipped Mr Dinesh Trivedi, former railway minister. He was speaking at a seminar titled ‘Country, Before Party…
Chelation Therapy – Detoxify Your Body
“Doctors from mainstream medicine and as well alternative stream are lobbying hard against chelation therapy, which is seen an expensive therapy. They have also not included it as a part of medical curriculum. Hence, patients are unaware of it and empirical research is difficult to carry to see if it works for many other diseases,”…
Democracy at Crossroads –Need for Electoral Reforms’
“People say that if elections are sponsored by states, it will make the polls free. That is not going to happen, “said Dr SY Quraishi, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). He was speaking at a seminar titled “Democracy at Crossroads—Need for Electoral Reforms”, organised by Moneylife Foundation and V Citizens Action Network(VCAN). Dr Quraishi said that…
Budget Decoded 2012
Set against a weak political backdrop, the FY12-13 Budget posted no major surprises. While this was always going to be a difficult budget, given fiscal and political constraints, the finance minister chose to play safe. This was the general feeling at the budget analysis session at Moneylife Foundation. At the unique analytical and highly interactive…
Financial Literacy Workshop in Goa
After 109 successful seminars across the country, Moneylife Foundation, India’s largest independent voice of savers conducted its flagship non-partisan financial literacy seminar at Goa. The workshop, conducted at the International Centre, was well attended by savers across all categories, including youngsters and senior citizens. The full-day seminar delved in to a complete range of issues…
Moneylife Foundation honours Goa women activists
Moneylife Foundation, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, conducted a special financial literacy seminar for women savers. It also felicitated Goa-based activists, Advocate Albertina Almeida, an eminent human rights activist and a lawyer; and Dr Nishtha Desai, director of Children’s Rights in Goa, an NGO involved in child protection and advocacy. This was the…
Gold: All Told
In a first of its kind, Moneylife Foundation conducted a seminar exposing the truths about investing in gold. In its 109th seminar so far, Moneylife Foundation trustee, Debashis Basu, gave the participants a detailed explanation supported by historical facts gold and whether gold is good for investment. Mr Basu gave the participants a detailed view…
Charge up your Moneylife
Debashis Basu, Editor & Publisher of Moneylife, spelt out the various ways in which one can be smart with money—and presented to the audience the best ways in which one can invest safely, and overcome financial complexities that otherwise characterises our financial landscape. He stressed on the importance of power of compounding, for their benefit,…
Documentary screening of ‘The Journalist and the Jihadi’
Moneylife Foundation, on Saturday, held the screening of the documentary, The Journalist and the Jihadi – The Murder of Daniel Pearl. This the third session on documentary screening conducted by the Foundation. The 75-minute film screening was followed by a free-wheeling discussion. Participants including few journalists, discussed about how in the era where whistleblowers are…
Wellness & Health Care
“People think that popping a pill gives them instant relief. But one has to remember that behind every ill there is a pill,” said Professor illustrious doctor and professor Dr BM Hegde. He was speaking at Moneylife Foundation’s first seminar on wellness and healthcare in Mumbai. Dr Hegde, a Padma Bhushan, is known for his…
2G Scam and Its Implication
“If we can recover the money we lost to 2G scam and that which is stashed abroad in secret bank accounts, we will have enough to go without collecting any income tax for the next 25 years,” said Janata Party chief and anti-corruption crusader Dr Subramnian Swamy. He was speaking on the topic ‘2G scam…
Housing Regulation
“We can’t really say how effective laws will be by analysing drafts. We must look at legal interpretations of housing regulation rules to see how they will affect the people concerned,” said Parimal Shroff, an eminent property lawyer. He was speaking at a seminar organised by Moneylife Foundation at the Royal Yacht Club on 25th…