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Difference between investment and expense

Nirvana — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:10:23 +0000

Here’s a small infographic which shows the difference between an investment and an expense.

It is self explanatory. The prices have almost reversed. Of course, gold and silver have rallied exponentially in the last few years, so the comparison is dramatic. Still, you would have been able to buy your Blackberry and get your original investment back in these two years had you invested in equivalent amount of gold back then.

Should you drink coffee or tea?

Nirvana — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:21:48 +0000

The eternal battle between coffee and tea drinkers continues. Actually its not much of a battle. Both categories of drinkers are happy with their respective beverages and not too keen in exchanging their choice with the other. For what’s its worth, here’s an interesting (but semi-useful) info-graphic about properties of coffee and tea

Just after I posted this, I was reminded of a similar post I had made against coffee earlier in this blog. Made for interesting reading.

Courtesy: Lifehacker

Probability of success of a project

Nirvana — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:25:49 +0000

Optimism levels in a project

This graph shows how different teams in a company feel that a particular project will be delivered successfully i.e. within schedule, scope and cost.

Disclaimer: This project is entirely fictional and any resemblance to any project – live or abandoned is entirely coincidental

Reliance Industries v/s You

Nirvana — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:05:24 +0000

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Politics, humour and baldness

Nirvana — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:13:06 +0000

Mumbai’s rich weighing machines

Nirvana — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:03:15 +0000

This infograph shows the revenue earned by the weighing machines installed on Mumbai suburban railway stations. Figures are in Rs lakhs (100,000). Further more each machine takes one rupee coin to issue your weight. So this is where all the one rupee coins have disappeared. What’s more, Mumbai’s weighing machines earn more than me.

The Patel Motel Cartel

Nirvana — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:28:20 +0000

Percentage of Indians in USA

Percentage of Indians in American Hotel Industry

Percentage of “Patels” in the Indian share