Trust you with my money? I don’t think so!
Hola peeples!
Back from a most exhilarating trip to the Dilli to meet the in-laws, play cards, eat copious sweets and so on.
And not to forget the drive around the city after midnight on Diwali when I had a great chance to take in all that atmosphere. By which I mean suspended particulate matter that now covers the inside of my lungs to a depth of several microns and has aggravated my minor asthma. And let’s not even start about my nose. Let me not get all picky. (Hah!)
Sniff. Gasp. Gurgle. Blow. Ooh barfi!
But I get ahead of myself. All details of the Diwali trip will appear in a friendly blog avatar very soon.
Today I need to get back to work and have only just about enough time to post this frolicsome image from a website I was browsing recently. It is an advertisement for Sharekhan doled out by Google Adsense exhorting novice investors to sign up with them:
Now I like the format. It is quite lively and engaging because of the comic book look and feel. The guy on top looks suitably bamboozled by forwards, options, blue chip, P/E and such like.
But observe the guy at the bottom. The man from Sharekhan.
The friendly face of reliable wealth management he is NOT. In fact he has a look of someone who is just waiting to lay his hands on your money (among other things) before disappearing forever from the face of the earth.
FirstStep - A unique program for those who have never invested before! And will never ever invest again! Unless they sold a kidney! Ha!
Would you give your hard earned money to that man with that sneer?
On the other hand would you give it to a freelance writer who needs it?
Sigh. Thought so.
lol! Completely agree with you.
What about the name “ShareKhan” - honestly now, does it not remind you of the evil tiger in Jungle Book?
First off, Sid, thank you for trying to help me out towards the end of your post. It is acts of selfless philanthropy like these that world needs in these dark, sinister times. I applaud your noble gesture.
For the 3 people who would rather give a poverty-struck freelance writer money than the evil-no-good Shark-hand agent, please write me.
PS: Was Diwali night profitable for you? Or did you lose everything except the shirt on your back?
” Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly” :))
Sidin, a while back I had linked to a post on DP about shady dealings by Share Khan. I can totally imagine that agent looking like this smarmy cartoon!
JackalKhan.
That guy’s face reminds me of Ketan Parekh !!!
Though, I am not sure how much of the experience you had in investing,
I would give it to a freelancer, specially a qualified one like you.
Are you onto something here ?
Economy for dummies, sherkhan … ?
Now I like the format. It is quite lively and engaging because of the comic book look and feel. The guy on top looks suitably bamboozled by forwards, options, blue chip, P/E and such like.,
I was shocked for a moment thinking u indeed liked that Sharekhan guy! Gasp! Thank God i read the next two lines or i wouldn’t read your blog again