Bijay's Blog

All messed up Of course its about Health, Kishan (Hope you are reading). This is not just a figure but an estimate of health expenses in near future for a poor country like India. Sometime back, I came across a detailed report by PWC talking about various facets of this topic, healthcare in India. Though, the consulting giant's concern is purely commercial, looking at our typical health weakness as a corporate opportunity. But the question still remains, who would foot the bill, while the discussion is about a country where majority still struggles for a square meal. Those who are interested in making good money, please take the clue and start your own healthcare setup ASAP. However, the concern raised is well substantiated, and should be an alarm for the death knell. This is absolutely harrowing to imagine our own people dying because of lack of money to fund their treatment. Nevertheless, this grave issue has compounded over a century now with many determinants spoiling ...

Save Planet A strong inscription in my childhood memory, is a non-fiction story of an object called "Plastic". The exact narrative described it as "the biggest invention of last century". The heroic account was so loud that most of my childhood discussions were dedicated to this telling theory of  technological insurgency. If 18th century was committed to brand new innovations, the next centuries credited to acceleration and spread through industrial revolution. Stress on consumption to promulgate growth was the only corporate slogan though with necessary lexical alteration. The very last thing on the card was concern for nature, which is regarded as very regressive and con-industrialization. Quite obviously industrialization ensured employment, good life style and technology in the reach of common man. Come 21st century, the whole perspective underwent an exhaustive change, flipping the very perception upside down with more focus on preservation than growth.We...

Right Investment Currency as a medium of exchange may go well beyond its popular definition of notes and coins. The bullion and real estate are best investment avenues as per conventional perception besides casino banking products. But so far as the the literal meaning is concerned all possible mediums of exchanges are currencies. As per economics, the intrinsic value of any currency always depreciates if not invested properly. Nevertheless, right investment always protects the future. The technology itself, a high denomination currency if not invested timely, could secure legends to fall. The pioneers of the respective product segments Nokia and Kodak are already case studies in business schools. Mere reluctance to adopt right technology on time could engineer dramatic change in market dynamics. Besides, investment in research (not limited to technology) is key to sustained growth and a secured future. Time is most important form of abstract currency because "Time i...