I wrote a general set of guidelines on international travel during the pandemic. This post handles a very specific edge case that some folks are already hitting (January 11, 2022). If you are…

Anand Kumar Sankaran

Jan 11, 2022

International travel during peak pandemic (Jan 2022)

I recently traveled from the SF Bay Area to India during the Christmas break of 2021. Omicron was taking off in the US at the time. Here are a few things that worked for me.

Update Jan 12, 2022

Anand Kumar Sankaran

Feb 12, 2021

Lessons I learned by using a Assets Under Management fee based investment advisor

TL/DR

Cleaning up your tainted IRA account

I rolled over my 401(k) from a past employer to a Rollover IRA.

With my tax / investment advisor’s suggestion, I started contributing post-tax IRA money using backdoor Roth. This means that the post-tax funds should have been immediately…

Anand Kumar Sankaran

Jan 18, 2020

If your A1C is high, it may not be you, but your lab.

Over the past four years, I’ve lost 40 lbs. 2019 was the fittest year in my life. I work out 5–6 a week (HIIT) and hike regularly. My blood pressure is 105/58 (not too long ago, a doctor was suggesting I need to start BP medication), my resting heart rate is under 60 and…

Anand Kumar Sankaran

Dec 31, 2019

OCI reissue for minors

Update:

Feb, 2022

As of March 2021, the requirements to reissue OCI have changed. The only time a OCI has to be reissued for a minor is when they turn 20. At that point, OCI has to be reissued once. You do not need to reissue OCI…

ICC short video collection

Dayle Stancliffe, https://twitter.com/daylestancliffe, is the short-form content producer for ICC. Some of the fantastic videos we saw at the 2019 World Cup were created by him. Here is a collection of those videos. If I missed any, let me know.