This is a short write-up I had prepared for discussion with a senior personnel in a prominent investment bank. The context was the pattern of stock prices in recent times of popular IPOs in the tech-space (more specifically, social-media space).
I feel that currently the "theory of conspicuous consumption" by Thorsten Veblen holds lot of merit. If you remember, in our last meeting, I had pointed out that the rules of demand and supply...
Udta hi firoon, in hawao mei kahin
Ya mai jhul jaun, in ghatao mei kahin
Ek kar doon aasmaan aur zameen.
This song reflects so much more than just love. It celebrates life. For no apparent reason, right now, suddenly, I feel like going back to every single day of my life and relive them. I keep thinking how I would have acted differently in some past situation or the other, but I would hardly want my life to have gone any other way. Maybe...
