Here is a list of fantastic learning resources for kids and adults of all ages. Much of this list has been compiled by my 8-year old, Srikanth. So this makes it his first guest post. While he was growing up, I was hoping that he would have a real talent for fine arts like singing,…

If you’ve been through the last few posts, you’ll know that my new book co-authored with Pranav Surya is out for pre-order and we’re running a crazy small experiment of eliminating the middleman (aka Amazon). This enables us to provide you the book at a discounted price of 180 as compared to 249 on Amazon…

In this post, my GameChanger co-author, Pranav Surya offers a sneak peak into the book.  The hard copy is now available for pre-order for just Rs. 180 (offer closes Sunday 21st midnight)  before it retails at Amazon Rs. 249 from Monday. We also have two exciting add-ons at a small additional cost. This will be announced…

It was when my seven-year-old son declared that he wanted to be a fruit seller that I realised that the …. er … apple has not fallen far from the tree! Yes, I too had similar aspirations and I nurtured it for years until I heard the plight of a pharmacist. In this post, I…

I am a typical middle-class Indian in terms of birth, upbringing and manner. My interest in money management and investing stems from despair and anguish and not interest or passion. In this post, I discuss my failures, shocks and how they acted as a catalyst to seek financial independence. Although driven my specific events, my…

Last week, Pranav Surya and I had announced our new book: Gamechanger. In the second part of his guest post, Pranav explains about what to expect from the book. Pranav is a mechanical engineer with an MBA in hospitality and tourism. He has worked in 4 countries across 3 continents and is currently working in the tourism industry….

If you have attended one of the DIY investor meets, you might have heard me say, “the secret to ageing well is to surround ourselves with intelligent youngsters”. Be it investors like Krishna Kishore, Indraneal Balasubramanium or superior coders like Pranav Date, eloquent writers like Anish Mohan, I and hopefully the freefincal community has benefited immensely…

As you know, You Can be Rich with Goal Based Investing is my new book with Subra(money.com). In this post, I would like to list some resoucres associated with the book. These can be accessed by everyone: those who have purchased the book, those who are about to 🙂 and those who do not wish 🙁…

Dear reader, I am pleased to announce that my new book co-authored with P V Subramanyam (subramoney.com) is now available for pre-order. The book is titled: You Can Be Rich With Goal-based Investing. What is the objective of the book? The book is Subra’s vision and conceived a few years ago. In fact, in his very…

This is a one-off post intended for WordPress users and is not related to personal finance. The post details a simple method of integrating Automattic’s Jetpack Blog Subscriptions widget with a pop-up plugin. I use Jetpack for handling email subscriptions. I am used to it since my wordpress.com days and therefore felt no need to…