Vijay's Thoughts

Desires are Horses, Ride it with Positive Stroke   ….By Vijay Rustogi The Desires are Horses: When a person is born, he has the Desires. Initially through natural instincts for satisfying hunger, and later on with acquired knowledge of comforts, wealth, wine, status and so on. The fulfillment of desire brings the Happiness.  The Desire are Horses on which the whole Human Race runs. It is a God given characteristic, which has propelled the human race from primitive living in jungles to the present status of so called urban comfortable sophisticated lifestyle living. Goals and Desires: Each desire longs for its fulfillment  If we think in an organized manner, then each desire is to be converted into the Goal, may be a very short term, medium term or long term Goal.  For achieving the Goal, a lot of efforts, skill sets, resources and requisite  time are required. We deal with multiple goals at any given time.  The...

क्रोध पर नियंत्रण                               .... विजय रुस्तगी सुरेश और रीमा दोनों बंगलौर में एक मल्टीनेशनल कंपनी में कार्यरत है। सुरेश तमिलनाडु के एक गांव से आया है , जबकि रीमा कोलकाता से।   दोनों एक दूसरे को बहुत पसंद करते हैं और प्रेम विवाह   कर लेते हैं।       दोनों परिवारों ने प्रारंभ में तो आपत्ति जताई , पर   जब दोनों के विवाह से पुत्र का जन्म हुआ तो दोनों परिवारों ने इस विवाह को स्वीकार कर लिया। पुत्र रवि जिसे प्यार से वो रुनझुन बुलाते थे , लाड़ प्यार से बढ़ने लगा। दोनों कमाने वाले , सम्पन्नता की   कोई कमी ना थी।   पर सुरेश और रीमा बच्चे   को उचित समय नहीं दे पा रहे थे।   रुनझुन धीरे धीरे जिद्दी हो गया। बात बात पर    गुस्सा करना , अपनी बात मनवाना उसका स्वभाव बन गया।   क्रोध में वह किसी को भी , कुछ भी बोल देता।      इस बार सर्दियों में गांव से दादा दादी आय...

   PART 2 - HELICOPTER MONEY - CHILL PILL POST COVID-19 … Vijay Rustogi Y ou h ave read about my discussions with Ramesh about Helicopter Money ( https://vijayrthoughts.blogspot.com/2020/04/helicopter-money-chill-pill-post-covid.html)  which is basically created through the deficit financing. Helicopter Money refers to the distribution of money through various ways including direct transfer to the beneficiaries, reduction in taxes, very low or zero interest loans, creation of public assets etc.  This has been tried in China, Japan, USA and Europe. Now  read  further ….. Next day I got a call from Ramesh.  He looks to be readying for a long discussions - “Hi,   Vijay,  I slept with the idea of Helicopter Money last night but still  have doubts.  When I was studying Economics as a part of my curriculum, I came to know that any deficit financing will increase the inflation in the economy.  Surely the Government does not wa...

HELICOPTER MONEY - CHILL PILL POST COVID-19   … Vijay Rustogi During the current “Stay Home”, one of the routines which I follow is to talk to my friends on the phone. Today I talked to Ramesh. He is my best friend and I have known him for a long time. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost & Management Accountant and Company Secretary. He has worked in India and abroad and is currently settled in Bangalore. We were having our casual conversation, I asked him about his well-being and told him  -  “Helicopter Money is the solution post COVID-19 for Indian Economy.” Nothing sounds better than the sound of Money.   He exclaimed -  “What? Helicopter Money? You mean that money will be dropped from the Helicopter. Are you joking?”  Suddenly a distant voice of- Suresh, grandson of Ramesh is heard - “Dada, please put the phone on speaker. I also w...