Random Reflections: Brothers have the last laugh- Banks become bald with haircut

Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani divided their companies under the Reliance empire in 2005. Brothers continue to use the same Reliance brand. Reliance is known for malpractices as explained in books like Ambani &...

Read more March 24, 2020 at 6:24 pm Thomas Franco

Deutsche Bank on Verge of Collapse – Lessons for State Bank of India: Random Reflections

Deutsche Bank AG was one of the largest Banks in the world (it was ranked largest before Chinese Banks replaced it). The Bank on a verge of collapse due to internal scandals has sent...

Read more November 16, 2019 at 10:53 am Thomas Franco

Random Reflections: Micro Finance – Time to look back and make a ‘U’ turn

In 1992, Self Help Groups (SHGs) promoted by NABARD as a Pilot Programme came as a boon for women...

Random Reflections – Online Loans: Government and RBI should address the root cause of the problem

Online loans have led to suicides and loss of more than 1000 crores reported so far and few Chinese...