The Small Voice

WHERE the broker is without fear and the client is always told to BUY Where neither trading nor recommendations are free, Where the world is broken into cash and F&O By narrow sales calls Where reports are printed in a herd fashion Where tired analysts are stretched beyond perfection Where no clear reason ever finds its way Into the hype and hoopla of teji-mandi ka daily habit Where the poor investor is led astray Into ever-conflicting thought and action Into that heaven of chaos, we welcome you, dear investor. The markets are soaring and sooner or later the retail participation will see a swift rise. Small retail investors will come with their hard earned money and dollar dreams to most of these brokers. The above poem is not only a lament on the tide of affairs where most of these investors are fed momentum stocks and F&O which are deadly in the long run. The poem just highlights the background of how and what your broker (usually)recommends so that the small investor makes a

This is in response to Shirish’s comments (www.jugshree.blogspot.com), who questioned what difference a caste based census will make in a country already riddled with laws and customs which make use of castes. I would like to point out that anything that stands firm and tall need not be good for the country. granted that caste system is well entrenched in this country, but I believe it is evil and would rather oppose it rather than becoming a follower. Please remember, even Sati system was equally prevalent and popular in this nation, but we are rid of it today. Hence, even though your argument is well reasoned, I choose to remain an idealist. True, that the caste based identification is still very much used(or abused) in this country, be it a birth certificate or school admission etc.However, I oppose a caste based census because it will only identify the exact nos. of people of various castes. What will that achieve? It will only give greedy and unethical politicians the exact