To Allah we belong and to Him we return. With deep sorrow and grief, I write the simple obituary of Al Sayyid Salim bin Nassir bin Khalfan Al Busaidi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oman United Insurance Company SAOG. Sayyid Salim passed away peacefully on Monday, 26th May 2025. He was the man […]
Author: Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy
AN EXPERIENCE CALLED SANJAY GOEL
This post is completely dedicated to my close friend, classmate and a memorable personality, Mr. Sanjay Goel. I am meeting Sanjay Goyal, probably after a gap of 30 years! I met him last in 1995, during my working days in LIC at Delhi. We both had started our careers at that time. And around that […]
RAHUL SINGH’S SUNNY LIFE
Mr. Rahul Singh is my student at Sun Life Financial, Gurugram, Haryana India. He has joined as Junior Process Associate in 2016 and developed himself into a Subject Matter Expert in 2023. This in itself is a great achievement for any working professional. Please accept my congratulations first. The job profile of Rahul involves among […]
THE FIRST LAW OF MORTALITY
“All think, all mortal, but themselves”. Typically, the world ‘mortality’ means, the state of being subject to death. In other words, whatever is born, will have to die. Death is inescapable. It is inevitable. The opposite of mortality is immortality. The moot question is does immortality really exist? Immortality or the state of being without […]
THE UNIVERSAL LAWS OF MORTALITY
We see it every day. But we do not understand. Our show of sorrow, curtesy, grief and sorry are meaningless. In that world with no sound, all their pitiable cries go unheard. The so-called reality of life totally becomes absurd. Time ceases to exist. The counting of time is considered a sin. Money becomes meaningless. […]
THE BILLION DOLLAR BUBBLE
The Billion Dollar Bubble is a 1976 film made for the BBC and directed by Brian Gibson. It is about the story of the two-billion-dollar insurance embezzlement scheme involving Equity Funding Corporation of America. The movie stars James Woods in the role of the actuary. This movie was 20 yrs ahead of the Enron mess and the Tyco […]
CLEOPATRA
Cleopatra (Meaning: Glory of the father) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruled Egypt from 51 BC – 30 BC. She is celebrated for her beauty and love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Cleopatra was born in 69 BC – 68 BC. When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, […]
SOCRATES, HIS WIVES AND LOVER
According to Aristotle Socrates had two wives. First wife was Xanthippe, by whom he had a son, Lamprocles. Xanthippe is described as having explosive temper and inclination to argue. She is often described as cranky, nagging, and hysterical. Thus, philosopher Socrates, known for his wisdom, intellect, and powerful words, lived in an environment filled with […]
SUNITA WILLIAMS
Everybody knows about Sunita Williams. Then, what do you want me to say about her? I cannot be an American if I were to have ‘James’ as my name; Sunita cannot be an Indian either. If you say anything more than this such as Indian origin etc., you are a fool! Sunita Williams is stuck […]
THE CALLIGRAPHER OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION – PREM NARAIN RAIZADA
The Constitution of India which is the longest written constitution in the world, was handwritten in English in beautiful calligraphy by Shri. Prem Bihari Narain Raizada. He took six months to write the nearly 145,000 words in a flowing italic style. Shri Raizada did most of the writing on parchment paper measuring 16×22 inches with […]
