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Asked by Anonymous - Feb 06, 2025Hindi
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Two years ago, I got married to my boss after dating for three years. He was previously married and had wanted me to quit my job and take care of my family. The first year went well but his behaviour changed after our first wedding anniversary. He has been staying late at work, avoiding my calls and often goes on outstation meetings while I take care of his ageing parents and 5 year old son from his first wife. My mother suspects he may be having an affair. I am 32. Since our communication has reduced, I feel stuck and helpless at home. My friends tell me that after marriage, most men behave the same way. Is it true? Am I overthinking too much? How do I find out?

Ans: Dear Anonymous,
No, you are not overthinking this. One way to find out is to actually 'Call Out' his behavior without actually complaining to him. He needs to understand that you did not marry to look after his family.
Also, what made you leave your work life? Kindly get back to working and as you engage with people at work and outside, he will realize that you are not just someone who is a going to take on his responsibilities at home. It's time you balanced home and work now. Now, whether he has an affair or not is something that is left to evidence of the matter. Till then, it will only be guess work. But, you do need to re-establish your identity as a working woman who also cares for her home. Possibly, this change in you, will bring him back on track as he will no longer have the comfort of 'dumping' the house work onto you AND going about hsi own business. Try this and see what happens.

All the best!
Anu Krishna
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Hello Anu ma’am, I’m 30 years old female, working at an IT firm. I have been married for a year now. The marriage with my husband was arranged by our family members. I met him 2 months before we got married. We talked more during that period and the conversations were always pleasant and I felt care in them and finally made the decision that he is my match. Once we got married, things were good-to-okay in the first few months. I used to live with my in-laws and slowly noticed that he is moving away little by little. My connection with him started to feel weak. He and his mother would stop talking when I entered the room. I had to help more with house chores. I tried quite a lot to keep up with in-laws, husband, and work but soon sensed that mother in law and son have teamed up against me and everything I did was never satisfactory. The first thing that came up to my mind was to move out of the house with my husband and to start our relationship afresh. He didn’t like the idea and for my work reasons, I moved out and to the city where I work (which is a 3-hour drive from where he lives). This made the connection even worse. I used to go see him once or twice in a month but the relationship felt strained so I moved back within 3 months. Around this time he downloaded some dating apps on his mobile. When I asked him about it he said he downloaded out of curiosity and didn’t use it, but I can feel the change in him. Within 2 months I started to realise he’s being secretive with his phone or iPad and is spending a lot of time with them either texting or calls. I also noticed that he is talking to someone during the night while he is sleeping next to me. I felt betrayed and shattered to my core. All the things I learnt for him, all the things that I have done for him and his family, all the time and energy I have spent felt useless. When I confronted him he never accepted it and says it’s all in my head. I gave him some time leaving it aside thinking he would bounce back once he is done with it. So I asked him to move in with me so we could bond and spend time alone. We moved in together finally but things didn’t go as I expected. When I leave for work he would either go meet the woman or worse bring her home. He continued it and I ran out of patience. I talked about it with my family and his. My family supports my decision with whatever I would want to do and his family would back him up saying that they have brought their son up my utmost values and he wouldn’t do such a thing. So finally they have sent us back to our homes hoping things will be fine. He still talks to the woman every night and God knows how many times I cannot make it out in the day time. I’m sorry it’s a long read for you but I wasn’t sure what to express and what not to, for you to help me with a suggestion.I have tried to catch his act using technology but he is too clever to be caught. Trust me, I’m a tech lead at an IT firm and I have tried a lot of methods to catch him but all of them are valid-invalid proofs and he is quite a story teller to make them all look null.I feel nothing inside most of the times and simply want to come out of this but not without showing his true form. For once, I want to win. Win huge this way. If you can help me out I will be grateful for that. Please keep me anonymous if you could.Thanks a lot for reading this.
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Dear TK,

Thank you for sharing so clearly; it certainly helps me guide in the best possible manner.

If you feel that he is infidel, the there is no necessity to go around looking for proof.

What will proving that give you?

Even if you showed it all to his parents what is the guarantee that they will not turn it around and blame you for it?

That you should not have moved out and that’s why he needed the comfort of other women.

Quit focusing on proving his infidelity and focus on more what you want at this point in time.

Do you want to continue in this marriage?

If NO, exit in the most graceful manner because the stress from all the pulling down or Win that you are looking for is strenuous and of no use. It will only appease your EGO which anyway is short-lived.

But of course, if you are in the process of negotiating terms during divorce proceedings; this proof maybe valuable to have a better WIN. I hope I have succeeded in differentiating both types of WINs so you get a clearer picture.

Now coming to how you must deal with your mind space is as simple as listing down what is important to you.

Is it dwelling on what he does or emphasizing more on what you can do?

When it’s the latter, you will think and act in a manner that looks out for you and how you can keep yourself in an optimum mind space.

So, start focusing on what makes you happy and stick to that.

When you are ready to move on, make it graceful and if there seems to be a problem with negotiation, the proof that you have collected with a sane sense of mind will come in handy.

I assume that there are no children involved but if there are, take into consideration how they will cope with any decision of yours.

Bottom Line: Learn to live your life and focus on what’s important. I am confident that you can do this NOW.

All the best for a beautiful mind space!

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Hi Anu, I am 36 year old woman. I am married for 9 years with two kids. My marriage was never a happy one. We had lots of arguments and fights even before marriage. I broke my engagement but later he convinced me that he will always keep me happy but it turned out to be an abusive marriage. He started beating me every now and then after my son was born. I also filed police complaint thrice. After which he improved a lot may be because of fear and shame. Meanwhile I also cracked government exam and got a very good job. Things were okay but after my daughter's birth last year his behaviour changed. He is not interested in physical relationship any more. He says that after our daughter's birth he's started to respect women. I tried to talk to him many times but all in vain. I don't know what to do now. I don't want to leave him for the sake of children.Now I want to live my life happily with my children and let him do whatever he wants. I don't know if I am right or wrong.He takes money from me whenever required but never spends money on my personal needs. Sometimes I feel he is with me only for money and doesn't love me. I am confused. Help.PS: He is taking good care of children and household.
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Dear SS,

It is hard to walk out of an abusive relationship and when children are involved, you want to stretch it on longer.

But have you considered how this has already affected their minds?

Children from violent and abusive backgrounds do not grow up steady and face a lot of challenges later in life.

Now, coming back to you…Hasn’t it hurt your ego and pulled down your self-esteem? I am sure it already has hurt you beyond and more.

Usually, I never ever tell people what to do, but make my suggestions and share perspectives so that the mind has clarity to decide what’s best for them in their context.

But here, I am telling you this and listen hard…Physical abuse is a NO NO.

If what you say that his behaviour has changed, then I believe that he isn’t physically abusive anymore.

I do understand you are giving him the long rope for the sake of the children, but when the parents are unhappy, what environment will the children grow in?

Ask your family to step in as you are going to need their care and support hereon.

Take one day at a time and evaluate on a daily basis what his presence in your life is doing to you.

Is it draining you and keeping you on the edge or is it getting better with him improving?

This will clearly indicate what you need to be doing as the next step.

Just remember to value yourself every moment and make yourself your own priority first.

All the best!

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Asked by Anonymous - Jun 24, 2024Hindi
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Hi Anu Mam, I'm 36 yrs. old my husband is 46 now we have 2 sons. Before marriage my husband was in love with another girl. under pressure of parents that girl married to someone else and left city. later few months we got married. For few days of marriage everything was good he used to treat me nice and use to take out for shopping outing etc. i got pregnant he same year during my pregnancy he had to go to abroad for office work for 8 months, so gap came between us. he completely changed he minimized talking, chatting with family. we ignored may be due to work pressure he became like that. later i came to know he is interested in meeting new ppl especially ladies going with them for lunch dinner n all. after few years he met ex-girlfriend without our knowledge stayed with her few days. so, years passed he ignored us and always scolding getting angry with little things he started maintain distance with us. after 8 yrs. again i got pregnant. He used to go for site visits to other places he stayed back at hotels going with other Females spending time with them. through Facebook he made lot of friends always doing videocalls and chatting with them. everything i knew but i confronted him he uses to scold and flies from the spot saying if u want to stay, stay or else get lost. because of kids i had to stay. now he is renting a house in a same city where we live, (agreement was in his laptop bag) and we don't know what is going on? he never shares and opens anything with us. I asked him many times if u don't want to live with me divorce. He never liked me in this marriage he is always treating me anger. I feel loneliness in my life. Need help what should i do?
Ans: Dear Anonymous,
It must surely be shocking BUT over the years I am sure you would have felt it all slipping away...
He's just in the marriage with no great emotional connect with you; I don't know how he's with the children.
Knowing that over the years, he has not any great attempt to work on the marriage and bond with his family, do you feel that he is going to do that in the future?
Rather than 'BEG' for his time and attention, what if you started to focus on yourself and your children and start afresh? He's anyway living elsewhere...can you take this opportunity and actually figure out what you want from life, from your marriage?
Are you willing to be unsettled like the way you are now even 10 years from now?
A few answers will hit you hard; BUT don't waste anymore time waiting and watching for someone to accept you. It maybe an endless wait-game.
Of course, you do have an option of asking an elder member of the family to step in and intervene and hope that he will have a change of heart. But, be prepared to take a strong stance where required. He's doing this even more as he realizes that you are weak and won't object and 'anything goes' with you.
NO, it doesn't, right? Then buck up and speak for yourself. Whatever it is, come from a place of strength. Try the route of familial intervention first and then a lot will be clear as the way forward for you.

All the best!
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Asked by Anonymous - Sep 14, 2024Hindi
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I'm 40 years old and my husband is 50 years old. We have been married for 12 years now. We have a son who is 8 years old. My husband has always been a workaholic, which I have known from the beginning and have accepted it. He is a doting father to my son. But for the past year, he seems to have changed a lot. He still continues to be a doting father, his behaviour with me has changed a lot. We hardly talk, except regarding matters related to our son. I have confronted him on this and he says he is very busy with work. He says nothing is bothering him. But it feels like that is not true. It feels like he is angry with me but denies it. I feel ignored and like he is avoiding me. How do I resolve this?
Ans: Dear Anonymous,
Well, firstly, you were okay with something that you were not okay to start with (him focusing on work mostly) and that has set a stage for your relationship that you are and will be okay with it and he will continue to be that way without addressing his role as a husband.
Now, what is the reason for the change in his behavior, you can just keep guessing by playing games in your mind. The only way to resolve this is: to actually learn how to communicate with each other as adults, as husband and wife. The two of you have never bothered with it, yeah? Then now bother yourself by learning this new skill. Talk, communicate, listen and then take on the role of a wife in the marriage. Do the things that you would have wanted to, small expectations, those little arguments...even these can be communication letting the man know that as a wife you care and you do want your man to fulfill little things for you.
He then will start to feel useful in the marriage which is a big thing for men and once he feels that is being valued, he will tear down his wall and show up as a man and as a husband and not just a father.
So, a lot of work from your end as well for him to reciprocate and then it's a constant momentum from thereon...

All the best!
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Asked by Anonymous - Feb 06, 2025Hindi
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Kanchan Mam, two years ago, I got married to my boss after dating for three years. He was previously married and had wanted me to quit my job and take care of my family. The first year went well but his behaviour changed after our first wedding anniversary. He has now been staying late at work, avoiding my calls and often goes on outstation meetings while I take care of his ageing parents and 5 year old son from his first wife. My mother suspects he may be having an affair. I am 32. Since our communication has reduced, I feel stuck and helpless at home. My friends tell me that after marriage, most men behave the same way. Is it true? Am I overthinking too much? How do I find out?
Ans: Your concerns are valid, and it’s important to address them rather than dismiss them as overthinking. While some men do get comfortable and less expressive after marriage, a sudden shift in behavior—like avoiding calls, staying late at work frequently, and increased travel—should not be ignored. It’s not about being paranoid but about seeking clarity.

The best way to find out what’s going on is to have an honest, calm conversation with him. Express your feelings without accusations. Let him know you’ve noticed the change and that you miss the closeness you once shared. Observe his response—whether he reassures you, avoids the conversation, or gets defensive. His reaction will give you insight into whether there’s something deeper happening.

At the same time, take a step back and focus on yourself. Reconnect with your own aspirations, hobbies, and friends. A strong sense of self will not only help you cope emotionally but also give you the confidence to make informed decisions about your relationship.

If you suspect infidelity, look for patterns rather than relying solely on your fears. Changes in phone habits, secrecy about his whereabouts, and emotional detachment can be red flags, but they don’t always mean an affair. If you feel you need more clarity, trust your intuition but avoid jumping to conclusions without evidence.

Regardless of the outcome, you deserve a relationship where you feel valued and heard. If his behavior continues to make you feel lonely and unimportant, you may need to consider what you truly want from this marriage. Seeking support from a counselor or someone you trust can help you navigate your emotions and options more clearly.

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Asked by Anonymous - Nov 06, 2025Hindi
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I am 55 years old NRI. I looking forward my superannuation after 3 years at 58. Currently I have following investments (1) SIP MF Invested 1.4 cr, MV 2.01 cr. Montly SIP of 5.28 lakhs, can continue for 1 year more. MF Diversified into Small Cap 40%, Mid Cap 25% Large Cap 10%, Flexi Cap 15%. (2) FD for 1.0 cr @ 6.75% (3) Shares MV 40.0 lakh (4) CG Bond 19.0 lakh (5) 3 flats MV 2.25 Cr (6) Land MV 2.25 cr (7) 1 underconstruction flat Paid 50.0 laks, balance 1.5cr to be paid in next 2 years (8) 2 Sons education and marriage liability 2.5 cr in next 4 years. (9) Loan o/s of Rs 50.0 lakh (10) I am expecting monthly expenses of Rs 2.0 lakh per month. Pls advise suitability of my portfolio to generate montly income of Rs 2 lakh for next 30 years post retirement. If any additional investment or re-arrangement required, pls advise. My SIP are (a) Parag Parekh Flexi 50K (b) Aditya Birla Frontlline 23K (c) Mirae Large & Small 15K, (d) Nippon Growth 33K, (e) Nippon Large Cap 35K, (f) DSP small 12K, (g) Nippon Small Cap 27K, (h) Quant Small 49K, (i) Quant Active 25K, (j) Quant Flexi 25K, (k) HDFC Small 30K, (l) PGIM Midcap 51K, (m) Motilal Oswal Mid Cap 93K (n) Motilal Large & Midcap 29K and (o) Motilal Momentum 50 Index 31K.
Ans: Hi,

You are on the right path towards a steady and comfortable retirement post 3 years. Let us assess the entire financial one at a time.

1. FD - 1 crore. This entire amount can be treated as your emergency fund. Although use 50% of this fund to close your personal loan.
2. Direct equity - 40 lakhs. You can consider moving this entire allocation to mutual funds as direct equity investment is quite risky if you do not much about it.
3. CG Bonds - 19 lakhs - good debt investment option.
4. Life and health insurance - can increase the covers, specially now when you have time. Post retirment would be difficult for you.
5. 3 Flats worth 3 cr - with monthly rental income of 50k.
6. Plot worth 2.25 crores and Flat which will be fully paid before retirement from salary.
7. Physical Gold - good to carry.
8. Personal loan - 50 lakhs. Consider closing it using amount from your FD.
9. Current MF corpus - 2.08 crore with ongoing monthly SIP of 3.5 lakhs. It will become 4.25 crores at your age of 58 if you continue investing.

> Current ongoing SIPs have a lot of overlapping which should be avoided to get the best return on investments. This entire allocation needs a thoughtful and careful planning.
- For retirement, your current MF corpus and stocks would be sufficient to fund your retirement in addition to your rental income. You will also get your PF and gratuity while retiring. These will fund your retirement in initial 5 years.
- For later years, post the age of 63, start SWP from your MF portfolio wrt your expenses (inflation adjusted).
- Work with a professional to reallocate the funds in your current portfolio so as to fund your retirment wrt to retirment strategy.
- Refrain from buying any policy to lock-in your funds.
- A professional can design a bucket strategy for your mutual fund corpus. This way, you will get your monthly expenses and the rest portfolio keeps on growing. This fund will never end and you will leave a great fortune for your kids.

Hence do consult a professional Certified Financial Planner - a CFP who can guide you with exact funds to invest in keeping in mind your age, requirements, financial goals and risk profile. A CFP periodically reviews your portfolio and suggest any amendments to be made, if required.

Let me know if you need more help.

Best Regards,
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Dear sir, Hope you are doing well. Sir I am central govt employee ,36 yrs of age working in Bengaluru . I have invested in lands in tier 2 cities 3 plots(in hubli) for which loan has been cleared. monthly sips of 12000 in MF for education of daughters which i am expecting to give me good compounding yield over period of 12 years from now. purchased stocks of 5 lakhs & kept it for long term. as of now i dont have any loans and my salary and expenses and savings are at par . I may relocate to hubli (my native also)as part of rotational transfer of my job. once i relocate i am planning to buy a house as i have left 23 years of govt service , Is it wise to go for home loan & emis for a period of 23 yeras or wait for some more time to shell off the existing plots . I have health and term cover . as part of job i may relocate again to bengaluru after 3 years again.& i wish to settle down in Hubli after my service. currently planning to rent a house in hubli which is near to kv school to avoid transportation hassles for daughters. 1.should i purchase a land which is near by kv or should i go for outskirts of the city ( i should consider travel distances for my daugters school &colleges)? currently one daughter is in 2nd standard other is in nursery. 2.any other investment would you suggest for good returns as i am expecting salary hike from 8 th pay commission.
Ans: Hi Ijaz,

If you relocate to Hubli, getting into another fresh loan for 23 years is not a wise decision. Instead wait for some years and shell off existing plots to buy a home later.
Also your overall savings seem less. you should consider increasing your investments in mutual funds instead of direct stocks to get benefit of compounding. Use the hike from upcoming pay commission completely into starting new aggressive SIPs for your future. This way, you can buy a home in Hubli faster than you may plan to and that too without any loan.

For SIPs, you should consult a professional Certified Financial Planner - a CFP who can guide you with exact funds to invest in keeping in mind your age, requirements, financial goals and risk profile. A CFP periodically reviews your portfolio and suggest any amendments to be made, if required.

Let me know if you need more help.

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Hi Sir, I am working in IT company and there is no job security I am 41 years old and my salary is 1.24 lakh monthly so I invest as much earliest to secure my future...plz suggest me Current investment PF 7 lakh. PPF 4.80 lakh (12500 Monthly investing) FD 4.5 lakh ( emergency fund) MF 8.50 Lakh HDFC Multicap fund 26k monthly SIP. HDFC Nifty 50 index fund 4k sip Jio BlackRock Flexi cap fund 18k sip just started. LIC and TATA AIA 8k monthly plan And Want to start 12k SIP in small & midcap fund. Target is 5 crore for retirement and want to achieve asap. Plz suggest if my allocations are correct and how I can achieve my goals as earliest
Ans: Hi Vijay,

You are right in saying that there is no job security. One needs to be prepared for times ahead.

- PF - continue this investment.
- PPF - not of use to you, hence contibute bare minimum of 500 only once a year to keep the account active. Instead redirect the 12.5k monhly to aggressive mutual funds tto build wealth.
- FD - for emergecny fund - good hold.
- LIC and Tata AIA - policies like these are of no use , usually give 4-5% return and lock your money. Try to surrender if not at loss and reinvest into balanced funds.
- MF - current SIP 48k with total corpus of 8.5 lakhs till now. The current funds are average and overlapping. Need reallocation. And want to take your monthly investment to 60k.

Consider investing in 4 funds - 1 largecap, 1 midcap, 1 smallcap and 1 flexicap - 15k each.

If you decide to stop PPF contribution and LIC tata policies - redirect those 20.5k per month to momentum funds.

Achieving it fast is very tough. Slowly and consistently - you can achieve this target of 5 crores in next 14 years with 10% annual stepup. And if you add additional 20.5k per month into contribution, this can be achieved in 12.5 years.

You can also a professional Certified Financial Planner - a CFP who can guide you with exact funds to invest in keeping in mind your age, requirements, financial goals and risk profile. A CFP periodically reviews your portfolio and suggest any amendments to be made, if required.

Let me know if you need more help.

Best Regards,
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Hello Sir, I'm really struggling with my family's behavior after my arranged marriage. They pushed me into it, and now they're constantly guilt-tripping me and badmouthing my wife and her family. It's getting really tough to handle, and I'm feeling overwhelmed. Can you please offer some advice on how to deal with this situation? I just want to be happy and have my family's support.
Ans: Dear Suraj,
I understand how difficult it must be when your family is giving you a hard time, especially when your wife is also suffering because of it. It is important to stand up for your partner if you think they are being unfair to her. It is important to set a boundary from the very beginning. Politely tell your family that while you love and respect them very much, you neither appreciate nor will tolerate this unfair treatment from them. Tell them that you expect their support, you expect them to love your wife as much as they love you, and most importantly, you never expected them to behave in this manner. Let them know how much their behavior has affected you. Sometimes people don’t understand that they are hurting someone with their words. And saying all these might create a little conflict, but it is important to stand up for what’s right, even if it is to family.

Other than that, communicate with your wife. Let her know that you are by her side and you realize that for no fault of her own she is suffering because of your family’s treatment and you are very sorry for that. Sometimes, even a few kind words from your partner can improve a situation.

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Asked by Anonymous - Oct 12, 2025Hindi
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I am 55 years old and expecting a monthly expenses of INR 2.00 lacs post retirement at age 58 [i.e. after 3 years from now]. I have following investment as of now: [i] Monthly SIP of INR 3.5 lacs, expecting to continue till age 58. [ii] Present MF corpus stand at INR 2.08 crore [investment amt INR 1.34 crore [iii] FD for INR 1.00 crore @6.75% [iv] Equity Direct INR 45.0 lacs [v] CG Bonds INR 19 lacs, maturity 2029 [vi] Life Insurance INR 30.0 lacs, coverage till 65 years [v] Family floater Health Insurance INR 10.0 lacs - covering self & spouse [vi] One vacant plot - market value INR 2.25 crore [vii] 3 flats - market value INR 3.0 crore , all rented out generating rental of INR 6.0 lacs p.a. [viii] 1 under construction flat - Paid INR 50 lacs, remaining amt to be paid INR 1.5 crore - expected to be met by salary saving - no debt [ix] Gold - physical - INR 25.0 lacs [x] Liability towards 2 sons education - INR 1.5 crore spread over next 4 years and their marriages - INR 1.0 crore [xi] Personal Loan outstanding INR 50.0 lacs. Investment in MF is spread over small cap - 40%, mid-cap - 30%, large cap - 10%, Flexi Cap - 20%. Need your guidance towards (a) existing investment capability to generate a post-tax income of INR 2.0 lacs p.m. for next 30 years (b) if its not suitable, whats your advice to balance the existing investment or any additional investment required?
Ans: Hi,

You are on the right path towards a steady and comfortable retirement after 3 years. Let us assess the entire financial one at a time.

1. Current MF corpus - 2.08 crore with ongoing monthly SIP of 3.5 lakhs. It will become 4.25 crores at your age of 58 if you continue investing.
2. FD - 1 crore. This entire amount can be treated as your emergency fund. Although use 50% of this fund to close your personal loan.
3. Direct equity - 45 lakhs. You can consider moving this entire allocation to mutual funds as direct equity investment is quite risky if you do not much about it.
4. CG Bonds - good debt investment option.
5. Life and health insurance - can increase the covers, specially now when you have time. Post retirment would be difficult for you.
6. 3 Flats worth 3 cr - with monthly rental income of 50k.
7. Plot worth 2.25 crores and Flat which will be fully paid before retirement from salary.
8. Physical Gold - good to carry.
9. Personal loan - 50 lakhs. Consider closing it using amount from your FD.

Goals:
1. Sons education - 1.5 crores
2. Sons marriage - 1 crore
3. Post-Retirement income - 2 lakhs monthly

- For education and marriage goal, you can consider tossing your plot valued at 2.25 crores and invest the amount in balanced funds. These will be more than enough for both goals for your 2 sons.
- Retirement - The MF corpus and stocks would be sufficient to fund your retirement in addition to your rental income. You will also get your PF and gratuity while retiring. These will fund your retirement in initial 5 years.
- For later years, post the age of 63, start SWP from your MF portfolio wrt your expenses (inflation adjusted).
- Work with a professional to reallocate the funds in your current portfolio so as to fund your retirment wrt to retirment strategy.
- Refrain from buying any policy to lock-in your funds.
- A professional can design a bucket strategy for your mutual fund corpus. This way, you will get your monthly expenses and the rest portfolio keeps on growing. This fund will never end and you will leave a great fortune for your kids.

Hence do consult a professional Certified Financial Planner - a CFP who can guide you with exact funds to invest in keeping in mind your age, requirements, financial goals and risk profile. A CFP periodically reviews your portfolio and suggest any amendments to be made, if required.

Let me know if you need more help.

Best Regards,
Reetika Sharma, Certified Financial Planner
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Asked by Anonymous - Nov 06, 2025Hindi
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Respected Experts, My monthly mutual fund investments at the moment is Rs. 40000 (total SIP gradually increased over past years) which I have been doing for the last 7 and half years. I am 42 yr old. My total portfolio value till now is around Rs. 42,50,000. I want to create a corpus of around 2.5 Crore in the next 10 years. 1. HDFC Children's Gift Fund - (Lock-in) - Regular Plan - Rs. 10000. 2. ICICI Prudential Midcap Fund - Direct Growth - Rs. 5000 3. ICICI Prudential Multicap Fund - Growth - Rs. 2000 4. Axis Large Cap Fund - Regular Growth - Rs. 4500 5. Axis Focussed 25 Fund - Regular Growth - Rs. 2000 6. SBI Focussed Equity Fund - Regular Growth - Rs. 4500 7. Invesco India Small Cap Fund - Regular Growth - Rs. 5000 8. Edelweiss Multi Cap Fund - Regular Growth - Rs. 7000 I want to increase the SIP of around Rs. 10000 in my mutual funds now to make total SIP value of Rs. 50000. I am thinking about increasing Rs. 7000 in Axis Large Cap Fund (which will take its total Sip value to Rs. 11500) and Rs. 3000 in Axis Focussed Fund (which will take its total Sip value to Rs. 5000). Kindly suggest me following two points: 1) Possibility of creating a corpus of around 2.5 Crore in the next 10 years with these funds and what should be the right yearly increase in my SIP value. 2) Increasing of SIP of Rs. 7000 in Axis Large Cap Fund and Rs. 3000 in Axis Focussed Fund is right choice or should I increase in my other mutual funds. Your expert opinion will be appreciated.
Ans: Hi,

At the age of 42, you are headig in right direction. And I really appreciate your dedication in investing for past 7.5 years and creating an amazing corpus for yourself.
Currently you are investing 40k monthly in mutual funds and want to increase it to 50k per month which is a very good decision as step-up SIP can make a huge positive impact in your wealth creation.

- If you continue investing at this pace, with a monthly investment of 50k for next 10 years, you can easily achieve 2.5 crores with a CAGR of 13%. And if you step-up with 10% yearly investment, you can get more than 3 crores after 10 years.
- However the funds you mentioned are lil overlapping. It needs some minor re-allocation. You have 2 multi cap funds and 2 focused funds. You can keep one of both the funds.
- Increasing 10k SIP - Add 3500 to Axis Largecap (total 8000), 6500 in good Momentum fund.

As your portfolio size is quite big, it would be really better for you to work with a professional who reviews your portfolio periodically and changes it as per the requirement.
Hence a professional Certified Financial Planner - a CFP who can guide you with exact funds to invest in keeping in mind your age, requirements, financial goals and risk profile.

Let me know if you need more help.

Best Regards,
Reetika Sharma, Certified Financial Planner
https://www.instagram.com/cfpreetika/

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