I’d like to dedicate this blog to my first cousin Madhumitha, she is doing her graduation but she has lot is oratorical and narration skills. She has helped me to do my MBA assignments even when she was in her school. I don’t mean to say her whiz kid, but she has an odd one out in our family, I often wondered if she originally hails our genes ;).

She is an avid reader of books and we have often shared our thoughts on the books we read. In my busy schedule I asked her to read books and share the crux with me, which she promptly does.

Having seen her narration in writing I’ve asked her to take up writing as a career and also made arrangements for her to pursue that. But she has not taken those thoughts seriously. I’m happy that she at least took my words and started blogging and let this be a good start for her and I wish her to be a successful writer.

I’m one of her early fan for her writing and I’d like to share one of the blog she has written and would like you to look into the narration and pass on your comments.

Just look into this blog http://madhumithauday.blogspot.com/2008/10/food-not-just-concept.html

If there are any passers to this blog, just let me know how to groom a “raw talented writer” into a professional writer.

Most commonly used term in the financial circle. “Rule of 72” will help determine when an investment will get doubled. It is based on a simple formulae 72/interest = no. of years to double an investment.

Let us assume you have invested Rs.10000 in a mutual fund which fetches 20% returns. With the 20% return we can determine how long it will take to double the investment of Rs.10000. Now let us work out the formulae

72/20 = 3.6 years.

So we need 3.6 years for Rs.10000 to get doubled.

From World over, he received letters from his fans, one of which Conveyed:

“Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease”?

To this Arthur Ashe replied: The world over — 50 million children start playing sports, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5,000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals. And when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD “Why me?” And today in pain I should not be asking GOD “Why me?”