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Dedicated to Doctors  who made a lasting impact on my physical and mental well-being Some people ask "have you seen God?". I used to tell "I have not seen, but experienced God's presence and blessings through 'messengers of God' appearing in the form of human beings”.  Doctors throughout the world definitely belong to that category.  Today, 1st July, is celebrated and cherished as 'Doctor's Day'. I dedicate this blog to those Doctors, who shaped my physical health and mental well-being, through their personal care, treatment and counselling. For some of them, I added a few lines of my impressions, as my acquaintance with them is a bit longer. 1. Dr. V. Vasudevan DHMS, Dr. ANANTH’S HOMOEO CLINIC Chennai: Right from 1990, I am associated with him for all my health needs and consultancy. When I got back pain in 1990, I was advised by the doctors in a hospital to do an abdomen check as they did not rule out kidney related issues. My mother asked me t...

  HDFC BANK may not qualify for  'More Equal Status' I wrote a blog 'Too big are more equals'@ on 24th March 2026, when the then Chairman of HDFC Bank Ltd. (the bank) resigned citing ' certain happenings and practices within the bank are not in congruence with my personal values and ethics'. I captioned thus, as the Chairman did not elaborate and the board of directors described the entire event as 'baffling', though they had the right to convene a board meeting and invite the aggrieved board member to explain, before accepting his resignation. The regulator also came out with a statement "HDFC Bank is a Domestic Systemically Important Bank (D-SIB) with sound financials, professionally run board and competent management team". However, t he investors remained in the dark. I wrote another blog ' engagement of legal firms by HDFC Bank'#  on  24th April 2026, as I was ' baffled ' to understand the rationale of conducting a 'rev...

  RBI MPC second meeting of FY 26-27 Will it recognize the market trends ? The second bi-monthly review meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the current financial year  (FY 26-27) started today . Before looking at the current position/movement of the various economic factors that form part of MPC discussion, I intend to present the following important events  in the last one month that might have a long term impact on the Indian economy. 1. On 10th May 2026, the Prime Minister appealed to the Indian citizens to minimize the use of fuel, cooking oil, purchase of gold and use public transport instead of private vehicles. Reason - the uncertainty on oil price, rupee's struggle to find its value versus USD and the unabated foreign currency outflows. 2. Following PM's appeal, the import duty on gold/silver was hiked by the Central Government to 15% with immediate effect.  3. Close on its heels, RBI Governor stated that (on 13th...