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In an interview with a Fortune 100 company, the panel asked me if I knew how big the company was. I told them that they are bigger than the Maldives. My answer prompted me to start thinking about how big some of these companies are and what kind of influence they bear on geopolitical events and how closely their affairs are laced with Countries. According to globaljustice 157 of top 200 economic entities are corporations not countries. Although the article views this development in poor light, I think it the world is better off with powerful corporate than powerful politicians. In my opinion, we are still comparing elephants and camels. If you judge them basis their strength the elephant will win and if you judge them on their ability to survive without water the camel will win. But I think the discussion is still relevant because countries don't go to war it is the companies that go to war these days. Be it Hewaiwe vs US or Ericson's rumored involvement in fo...

This blog post was originally intended only for data based philosophical discussions. However, given that I have not posted anything in many a years I decided to dilute it. I had lot of problems bulk importing csv data in to neo4j. I have finally figured out how to do it. neo4j is a graph db. I won't go in to details of what is a graph db or how to write cypher queries. once you have downloaded neo4j from  here  and installed neo4j you will see the neo4j desktop app. Add a new graph. create a new graph give it a password. once the graph is created click on manage and go to the "Terminal" tab. Now before we go ahead you need to prepare your csv files. your csv files should be split as node csv and relations svs. And the initial headings have to follow a syntax. In your node csv the first column should be unique key and your first column heading should be <your id>:ID(<your node name>) In your relations csv you must have start and end node...

Click here  and download the template that tells you how much you can save closing your loan today. I have primarily created this in helping you sell one of your non performing investments and pay off your loan. if you are closing a ULIP or the likes there are associated costs and this template will help you judge if your savings overcome costs.

Get a home loan save tax. Yes, I'll elaborate on it later but now some quick notes Get a home loan and if you live in it you get up to 1.5Lakh of interest deducted from your taxable income Get a home loan and rent it out; all the interest is delectable form your taxable income. Get your spouse to be a co-applicant on the loan both of you can enjoy the deductions. Up to 1 Lakh of Principle is delectable  from your taxable income (this falls under 80C so your PPF, ULIP, MF etc. is wasted) (Rented out or self-occupied) Use the interactive Tableau dashboard (change the numbers in the boxes) to see how the numbers work for you and what saves most taxes for you. Learn About Tableau You will notice that you will have better tax savings when you rent out your property and stay in a rented house yourselves. when you rent out all your Interest is tax deductible) But if you stay in it yourselves - you only get up to Rs 1.5 lakhs of deductible amount per year. [indirect me...

Tax Calculator built in Tableau for the year 2013-2014. Learn About Tableau Earlier today I has posted on my fb wall that paying tax is like buying blood diamonds, you eventually put money in wrong hands and I still stand by my statement.

Question                                                                                 Average answer from 23 Respondents How often do you see your Physician (No of times a year)         5 How often do you see your Barber (No of times a year)         14 What is the average fee per visit with your physician                 260 What is the average fee per visit with your Barber                 100 Who do you think is richer ? Physician / Barber                         Physician Well, lets do that math. An average guy pays 14*100 = 1400 to an Barber and 5*260 = 1300 to a physician ...

Everyone bunks classes when in college. But most colleges would demand a minimum of 75% attendance. In the Indian LokaSabha, since 2009 overall attendance of our leaders is 74.4%. Scroll down further to see how many sessions people have attended since the last elections. This is the demographics of our current LS Learn About Tableau MPs from my state (Karnataka) only have 66% attendance. Bachelors and bachelorette MPs bunk the most More children MPs have higher the attendance!  Older members have better attendance. Learn About Tableau Artists, Computer scientists and Engineers miss parliamentary sessions more than others. Play around with the data and see how your Constituency/ State MPs have fared