It’s all in the family!

It’s time to stop blaming one’s work schedule for those increasing waistlines, and join hands with your nearest and dearest to fight the bulge and stay healthy.


A family that sweats it out together, stays together!

Although improving one’s self image doesn’t pass off as the latest lifestyle trend, the new progressive means of achieving the same have always been the talk of the town. Most often, the pace of life (or just the excuse of it) keeps one from joining regular work out sessions be it a flexi-hour gym or a 24-hours-open lush green park near one’s residence. The solution lies in incorporating exercise into your daily life, by making it a family affair. There are surveys that have proved that children prefer exercising with parents, and we dare say, time spent playing and exercising together is time well spent. More and more people are realising that family work-outs result in not only a good looking family but also one in harmony with each other.

One has the option of setting-up domestic exercise equipments at home, or if one faces cost constraints, then the cheaper option is to pick up videos of yoga, aerobics etc. and practice them together. Another latest trend and a more sustainable technique of shedding those extra kilograms is to call the trainer home, who will also wait in your house till you make up your mind to get into your sports gear! “It is difficult to be on your own when it comes to work-outs,” say the Mathurs who have a Yoga instructor visit their home and train the family together.....Continue

Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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There is a marginal softening in the property rates

It all seems so dreamy and beautiful that the deja-vu cannot be ignored, bearing a suspiciously familiar similarity to India’s boastful retail, or the airlines, or the soft drinks, or the car industry story, where almost all companies came in hypnotized by the promise of a huge market; and almost all players (from 70% in retail to 100% in aviation) are suffering pitiable losses as on the current date. Arvind Khanna, COO, Beekman Helix has his own spin, “There is a marginal softening in the property rates – 10-15%, but it is not universally applicable, it holds true for certain pockets only.” Raman Sood, Managing Director, Eros Group, divulges his views to B&E, “Prices in the sector have packed; I expect a correction over the next 3-6 months at 10-15%. There is correction right now, but people will continue to pick up property.” Rahul Todi, MD, Bengal Shrachi Housing wasn’t ready to be left behind, “The real estate boom started in 2001-2002. It has been 4-5 years now. If it sustains for 5-6 years, it is sustainable.” He strongly claims that stability is round the corner.

With due respect to all of the above mentioned executives, the hilarious part of all these comments is the analogy we drew with King Kong earlier. Many head honchos of real estate firms seem to have a memory recall of exactly one day. Irrespective of the government’s extremist efforts to debilitate the growth of this sector, top managers of this sector – rather than on planning their future investments based on interest rates, demand forecasts and costs of capital – are almost blindly positive about the future returns. A mere mention from us that there might be losses, and one sees the motley crew jumping together with fanatical fervour to oppose our impunity.

Of course, the RBI, for the sake of buyers, has decided to reduce the weightage on home loans up to Rs.2 million to 50%, a move which has been well accepted by the small borrowers. So what should an apprentice consumer be doing in such a dynamic situation? B. P. Dhaka of Parsvnath advises, “The time is right to buy a property for an end user. He needs to evaluate his capital and need judiciously.”

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2008

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative