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Devina Mehra

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Devina Mehra

@devinamehra

Founder & CMD. First Global.Cutting edge PMS & Global funds/portfolios. Bestselling book:Money Myths and Mantras. Fortune Top 50 Most Powerful Women. Gold🥇IIMA

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Joined September 2016

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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Mar 1
Geopolitical conflict is all over the screens - from the small to the big ones What is likely to happen? What is likely to be Iran's strategy? And since 'सबको अपनी ही किसी बात पर रोना आया" what is likely to happen to stock markets and oil? My perspective based on data and
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Jul 25, 2025
🤣🤣 Too good not to share
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Dec 29, 2024
The PM of Malaysia calls him 'My mitra, my Bhai', the king of Bhutan sits at his feet. Bhutan, Singapore, Mauritius and others fly their flags at half mast. From Gordon Brown to Angela Merkel, leaders of countries remember the guidance of Dr Singh that helped THEM steer their
Anwar Ibrahim
@anwaribrahim
Dec 27, 2024
The weight of grief bears down on me at the news of the passing of my honoured and cherished friend: Dr Manmohan Singh. Obituaries, essays and books a plenty there will surely be about this great man, celebrating him as the architect of India’s economic reforms. As Prime
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Mar 30, 2023
Replying to @fasc1nate
This one actually made me cry... especially as I have a child in a wheelchair...of course, she is probably the most cheerful, happy, loving, determined and smartest person you can hope to meet...but sometimes you wish she had all that most of us take for granted
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Dec 28, 2023
Many Indian celebrities are goodwill ambassadors of UNICEF. Their site shows Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Priyanka Chopra, Madhuri Dixit etc In what has been the deadliest killings of children in living memory, have any of them spoken out? Contrast with Mohammed Ali who
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Aug 15, 2023
76 years ago: This was India in 1947 - Life expectancy 32 years (most South East Asian countries were almost 20 yrs ahead) - Literacy 18% - GDP growth sub 0.5% per annum for over 50 years (Yup. The 'Hindu' rate of growth was an 8-fold increase over the growth in the first half
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Apr 17, 2025
TCS has a QUARTERLY net profit of over 12,000 crores Even if it had to get a favorable/ out-of-turn land allotment to setup a centre, what justification is there for it not to pay the market price of land? And then people, including those running tech companies, talk against
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Feb 22, 2023
Mobile penetration in India was nearly 86% in 2018...Is ~ 81% now Nearly 60% of India needs free food Number of income tax payers is DOWN by 20 lacs from pre pandemic levels Those tweeting about luxury car & high end home sales etc, 'people like us' aren't the whole economy!
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Sep 7, 2025
Picture by Prateek Jain on Dr Manmohan Singh's first day as Finance minister - apparently hangs at @ThePrintIndia office. It is a day I still remember - I was thrilled at the thought of what a magnificent opportunity it was for a professional to do something this big for the
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Sep 22, 2025
Approx 8 in 10 Indians eat meat, fish & eggs A large percentage of Indian children DO NOT get adequate protein and suffer from malnutrition and stunting Eggs are the cheapest source of protein available This type of arbitrary orders and imposition of the wishes of some random
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Dec 14, 2023
This is the lens through which the privileged see the world Corporate tax reduction = Reform Capital gains tax cut = Reform Near free land to industry = Reform Near free IIT/IIM education = My birthright Free/subsidized food to the poor = Fiscal profligacy Free healthcare =
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Oct 3, 2024
Don't forget the childhood axiom: Actions speak louder than words. Jaggi Vasudev obviously wants his blood to inherit his lucrative spiritual Empire and land bank, so his daughter gets married while he tells others to practice celibacy. Most preaching the virtues of India have
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Apr 10, 2025
Our beautifully designed pavements! It is less than a kilometre from my Mumbai home to Chowpatty but there is not even 100 metre stretch where you can walk on the footpath Where the payment exists it is like this: narrow so that two people cannot pass each other and with
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Devina Mehra
@devinamehra
Jun 15, 2023
All the people who got heavily subsidized education in Universities, IITs and IIMs, esp those who went abroad & didn't even pay taxes in India to compensate...have their knickers in a twist because women who travel in buses are getting a subsidy! Kis duniya mein ho bhaiyon
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