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The Once in a Lifetime Opportunity

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Covid-19 lockdown - Opportunity in disguise The Covid-19 lockdown in all its scare and disruption provides a unique window never witnessed in history to carry out things for improving the status-quo of inefficiency and opportunity to bring in changes. That the current order is ineffective and inefficient is manifest by the many reference to "Disruptive Changes" that are yelling for a RESET.  RESET --> Restart from Scratch !! Areas of governance that could be changed/reworked  disruptively   to follow a NEW-ORDER of efficiency & effectiveness e.g. Mumbai local train signaling. The change from current  Automatic Block Working   signalling   to Communication-based Train Control (CBTC)  -  what would require many-many days of mega-block(s) and perhaps live testing during working weekdays, the COVID-19 lockdown gives this unique natural mega-block opportunity to carry this work. Of course with proper hygiene, social distancing and sanitization - which should not
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Corona Virus : THE RESET - The Stock Markets

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27-Aug-2020 @10:00 AM the sensex has gained more than 1000 points to  30,800 even as all businesses stare at diminished cash flows and perhaps unprecedented short term losses and also extinction. This rise in stock markets was due to the anticipation that RBI would announce some reliefs.  Today 01-Apr-2020 @15:00 hrs the sensex has nose dived to 28,245 more than 2500 points down.  So, let us take this opportunity to check if the stock market really reflects the state of companies' profitability and health and its business basics ? Stock markets are supposed to reflect the state of economy and the companies' profitability and health. The RBI governor was going to make an announcement on 27-Mar and upon this anticipation the markets surged 1000 points - just like that! We have got used to such things but lets us rollback and ask ourselves  IS THIS ACCEPTABLE ??? - The markets to surge and nose-dive on speculation/anticipation.  This is the tell-tale sign that markets are d
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