In the field of insurance, we came across infinite faces of death. Understanding yet another face of death and paying the insurance money is a part of our profession. Few days ago, we came across yet another unthinkable face of death – Death by Google GPS. Google Maps are useful and dangerous too. By using […]
Author: Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND FAT SALARIES
Why did I employ the constitutional officers like a PM, the council of ministers at the center and a CM and his ministers at the state level? Why am I paying big fat salaries to them? a) Am I employing them to clean the roads in the name of clean India or whatever you may […]
SECOND TO DIE (2002)
The entire movie is based on this fantastic insurance clause: Second to Die. In insurance it is used for estate planning either to fund an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT) or to pass on the death benefits to children/grandchildren. Second to Die insurance is a policy that is designed to cover the risk on the […]
It’s Your Time!
It’s Your Time – Every night we go to bed without any assurance of being alive next morning. Yet we set the alarm clock to wake up. We write of ‘things to do tomorrow’. What do we call this? Hope? Or Hoping against hope? If you had $86,400 in your bank account and someone stole […]
A MIRAGE CALLED TAX
We do not know ourselves that we believe in mirages. Tax is a mirage. When a mirage / an illusion becomes reality, then tax is welfare! Recently I was reading in the press, a prominent news. It was a head line in almost all newspapers across India. There was pride, satisfaction and the greatest sense […]
I WAS THE FORGOTTEN HERO OF MY OWN MOVIE
The Forgotten Hero of My Own Movie
SWACHHTA HI SEVA – IDK / IDC / IDGAF
The Indian government has declared 15th September to 2nd October 2023 as the period for cleanliness. It is titled: SWACHHTA HI SEVA (SHS). This aims at ‘Garbage Free India’ – with focus on visual cleanliness. I am not a political commentator. I am not interested in educating manes or serving the needy. In other words, […]
HAPPY WITH CORRUPTION AND EXPLOITATION
Learnt about corruption/selfishness / exploitation from painter Ramana, who was visiting me after a long time at my home. Our discussion ranged from Ganesh Puja, God, cheating, corruption among other things. He gave, unknowingly, an insight into corruption and cheating. I realized that the discussion we had is worth recording. Hence this article. We keep […]
LAXMINARAYAN
We have seen many pictures of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Laxmi – or Laxminarayan at various places- at home, temples, streets, shops – to name a few. Lord Vishnu otherwise also known as the Narayan is the most powerful God of the Hindus. According to Hindu Mythology Lord Vishnu is the Sustainer of the Universe. […]
INEXACT 6th MONTH CEREMONY OF AN EXACT MAN
Father’s 6th monthly ceremony is over a week ago. Hindus celebrate death this way too, believe that by remembering the departed through these monthly ceremonies, they come to accept the terms of life without them. Only the memories are remaining. I have memories of seeing my father as a handsome young man in the police […]
