Dear Financial Voice Reader, I started investing at the age of 12, with £100 borrowed from my aunt. It’s the best Diwali gift – the gift of knowledge for wealth creation. Ganesh and Lakshmi.
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5th Dec 2025 | Updated at 04:46am 5th Dec 2025
Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: The UK India Tech Exchange
- 13 Mar 2024
On the panel as Dealmaker in the Department for Business and Trade, in the Indian High Commission and FICCI event, I am looking for in the Global Entrepreneur Programme scale up companies whose founders would be suitable for the UK Innovator...
Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: This Is India’s Sparta – Karamsad
- 14 Feb 2024
Independent minded and giving strength to the rest of the nation is what the Spartans were known for.
My grandmother would often say to me, if I was being too smart, “I have seen more Diwalis than you”. Whilst I wish she’d seen many more, this Diwali as we look at COP26, we hope our grandchildren will see many more Diwalis.
Dear Financial Voice Reader, Which are the “Investing Mistakes to Avoid Before Retirement”?
1995 was 50 years after WW2. Imagine if Jews were being wholescale attacked in German in 1995. Well, 2021 is 50 years since Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan which is recognised for war crimes of genocide targeting Hindus. Today, it has...
- 20 Oct 2021
Ethnic minorities in the UK and US do not invest as much as they should. Their lack of participation in the financial markets compounds the existing pay and wealth gap. If we want to live in a fairer, more equal world, we need to solve this...
Whilst India is the fastest growing economy in the world, the same size as the UK, it is still the US which is the most important economy in the world.
Dear Financial Voice Reader, As we celebrate Navratri and Diwali approaches – Goddesses Durga and Lakshmi are on our minds. Turning therefore to more worldly matters - What Can Women Teach Men About Investing
- 13 Oct 2021
AQ Khan is dead. The former Head of the CIA called him one of the most dangerous men in the world. He was the ‘father’ of what the BBC called the ‘Islamic’ nuclear bomb – Pakistan’s nuclear bomb.That he stole nuclear secrets from the Dutch is...
- 05 Oct 2021
Dear Financial Voice Reader,Last month was difficult for the equity markets. This wasn't too unexpected; the "September Effect" is a well-known phenomenon. However, it was the stock market's worst September in over a decade. All three main U.S....
- 05 Oct 2021
The United Nations Security Council has five permanent members, with the power of veto over UN resolutions. Those countries are UK, US, France, China and Russia. By rotation, India is presently a member of the UN Security Council, albeit a non-permanent...
