We will
begin with a box, and plural is boxes
But the
plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
If I
speak of my foot and show you my feet
And I
give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
Then the
masculine pronouns are he, his and him
But
imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!
Let’s
face it- English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant or ham in
hamburger
Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English
muffins weren’t invented in England.
We take
English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, we find that boxing rings
are square, and a guinea pig is neither from guinea nor is it a pig. And why is
it that Grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t harm?
If
teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught?
If a
vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
And in
Closing…….
If Father
is pop, how come mother’s not Mop???????
(Taken from
“Dignity Dialogue” June 2012 Issue from “English: Absolutely Hilarious” by KRK
Moorthy)
Yes, we
have lot more funny things around us, even in our daily market gossip.
Let us
look to the world of Indian economy. We are now surrounded by various 24*7 news
channels and flooded with lot of information, most of them are unnecessary. The “Experts” delivers opinion; interestingly
very basic things are forgotten by these experts. Let us give a look to it.
Our
country’s Foreign Exchange surplus is invested in US treasury which earns
around 3 to 4% per annum. However, FII inflow of equity market, in around half
year, makes profit of 10 to 15% from equity market movement with tax benefits
& goes back to their home country. During the same period our government
makes funny 3-4%
from the US treasury investments for full one year investment. Interestingly, still
we all
are very happy when we see FII positive inflow data.
Experts
are happy with IIP Growth data of various sectors including growth of Auto
sector sales. Interestingly, the increase in traffic, air pollution, time
consumption on road & burden by crude oil import bill is not at all the
point being talked.
Those who
earn money & pay tax, have good money (accounted money) on hand. The post
tax returns from FD and Equity of last couple of years is not sufficient enough
to cover inflation. Because of anti money laundering law, only two
sectors (gold & real estate) are left for investment of unaccounted money. Real
estate has multiplied by 3 to 4 times in last 5 years and gold has also
delivered handsome returns. It is funny to observe that those who hold
unaccounted money have been able to earn good returns compare to the honest tax
payers.
The bankers (global scenario) lend
money to earn good interest income. To grow, lending is extended to sub
standard category of assets. Over a period of time, the books of banks lending
moves from safe to risk, but as soon as banks reach to such default position,
government enters & helps bank to survive. As per government opinion, this
is important to sustain investor’s (public) confidence in bank. As banks do not
default even though their bad workings, a general opinion prevails in the public
that nothing to worry while investing in bank. Interestingly, nobody bothers
that the government which supplies money to banks may itself come in to trouble
on any day.
Our
investment market (or environment) is as funny as English language we speak.
