March-April is an amazing period when followers of the three prominent religions across the world observe fast as religious obeisance. While Hindus celebrate Chaitra Navratri, Muslims observe Ramadan & Christians observe the Lent. Chaitra Navratri signifies the creation of the universe and the beginning of the world and beings by the Goddess Durga or the Adi Shakti. Chaitra means new or bright. The first day of the Chaitra month marks the beginning of the new year as per Hindu calendar. Followers observe fast for nine days and worship nine different forms or incarnations of Goddess Durga during this period. Ramadan is the month when teachings of the Holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Muhammed by the Allah. Ramadan is derived from Arabic word ‘Ramdh’ which means intensely hot or burning. Worship and devotion during this month burns away the traces of the sin and produces the necessary warmth of the love in man for his creator and fellow beings. Lent is the period of 40 days w...
Ajay Sharma, Founder of Investmentmitra is an Air Force Veteran and an Alumnus of IIM Calcutta. He is also President of All Mutual Fund Distributors Welfare Assocaition and a Member on Board of Management of The Sonepat Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd. The Blog Here we share our views on economy, markets, politics, events etc. and how they impact our investments. We also share occasionally interesting investment products that we believe are worth considering for investments by the reader.