The Oswal are a social group (and caste) of people from the Indian states of Rajasthan and Punjab. Oswals are primarily adherents of Svetambara Jainism, but a few are Digambaras and some are Hindu adherents of Vaishnavism.

Their diaspora and communities can be found in all the major populations centers of India as well as North America, Europe, Africa, Australia, South-East Asia and the Middle East. The Oswals have significantly influenced other Jain and Vaishnava communities of the region, who are also strict vegetarian.

The origin of the name Oswal is tied to a small village in the Jodhpur District of Indian State of Rajasthan called Osian or Ossiya. There was once a large city at the site of Ossiya. The ancient names by which this city was known at various times were Uplesh Pattan, Urkesh, Melpur Pattan and Navmeri. Upkeshpattan is said to be analogous to such a town situated about 32 miles northwest of Jodhpur in the state of Rajasthan.^{[citation needed]} It was the home to a Jain monastic order called Upakesh Gachchha (which is now extinct) belonging to the Svetambara tradition.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (BSE, NIFTY, NASDAQ, FTSE 100, Nikkei 225, Dow Jones, Hang Seng) is a diversified financial services firm offering a range of financial products and services such as Wealth Management, Retail Broking and Distribution, Institutional Broking, Asset Management, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Commodity Broking and Principal Strategies.. As on March 31, 2012, Motilal Oswal's total client base was 738,156 while Pan-India distribution reach stood at 1,579 business locations across 552 cities.

The company was formed in 1987 by Motilal Oswal and Raamdeo Agrawal after they acquired membership on The BSE. Motilal Oswal was elected director and joined the Governing Board of the Bombay Stock Exchange in 1998.

Motilal Oswal Securities is a Depository Participant of NSDL and a Depository Participant of Central Depository Services Limited (CDSIL) in 2000. The company started offering Derivatives products and advisory services on both BSE as well as NSE in 2001

In 2006, the company entered Private Equity and Investment Banking business. In the same year, Motilal Oswal group acquired South Indian brokerage firm – Peninsular Capital Markets. The company tied up with State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank in 2006 and 2007 to offer online trading to its customers. 2008 saw the company create one of India's largest Equity Dealing & Advisory rooms, spread over 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m2) in Malad, Mumbai.

Subramanian Swamy (born 15 September 1939 in Chennai, India sometimes spelt Subramaniam Swamy) is an Indian politician, academician and an economist. He is the President of the Janata Party of India. He also presently serves as chairman of the SCMS Board of Governors of the SCMS Group of Educational Institutions in Kerala.

Swamy has previously served as member of the Planning Commission of India and Cabinet Minister of India. He has written extensively on foreign affairs dealing largely with India-China, India-Pakistan and Indo-Israel relation and is also a published author.

In November 1978, Swamy was member of the Group of Eminent persons called to Geneva to prepare a report of the United Nations (UNCTAD) on Economic Co-operation between Developing countries (ECDC).Swamy simplified trade procedures and formulated a new export strategy which became the forerunner of trade reform adopted subsequently. In 1994, Swamy was appointed as Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade by then Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. This was perhaps for the first time that an Opposition Party member was given a Cabinet rank post by the ruling party.

"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.

The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.

The earliest recorded use^{[citation needed]} of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." ^{[dubious – discuss]} In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.

Pankaj Oswal is an Australian businessman of Indian descent. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of Burrup Holdings Limited. BOY was a Perth-based company and one of the world's largest liquid ammonia production companies. Oswal at one time had an estimated fortune of over A$2 billion, making him one of Australia's richest people. He originally owned 55% of the equity capital of BOY.

Oswal arrived in Australia in 2001 from India and formed Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd soon after. For some time, it was the only downstream processing plant in the North West shelf of Australia, despite a number of other large multinationals investigating the possibility of establishing similar ventures. The plant attracted attention with members of the state government and the ammonia industry visiting to observe its operations. The plant was officially opened in April 2006 by the Premier of Western Australia. By the latter part of 2006, there appeared to be growing rifts between principals of the Burrup facility, as well as difficulties with the gas supply contracts.