The Golden Age

Huge chests of gold are found in Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple’s hidden treasures in Kerala. Terrorists strike through the heart of India’s gold trade in Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai. Satya Sai Baba’s cupboards seem unlikely to stop oozing out jewelry and gold articles anytime soon. It’s raining gold in [...]

The Holy Dips

Communication gap can be lethal. I first learned this 14 years ago when my Uncle and Aunt took us (My mother and sisters) to the Ganges in Varanasi. The river in Varanasi flows in a northward direction such that the Ghats and temples (all of which are located on the western bank) are lit up with [...]

The State of Micro-Finance in India

When Muhammad Yunus was putting together his Grameen Bank brick by brick, penny by penny in the 1970’s, little would he have known that his model that aimed to bring about a social change for those in the lowest strata of financial spectrum will one day rouse a brigade of for-profit “loan sharks” [...]