Dr. (Prof) David Baker was my teacher during my undergraduate years – 1983 – 1986. He was a history professor at St. Stephens College, Delhi University Delhi. An Australian by nationality, he fell in deep love with India – since then he did not look back. He was a bachelor. During our weekly tea sessions, […]
Author: Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy
3. What is Arthi / Bier?
Hindus, to carry the dead to the Samshan Ghat, use Arthi / Bier. Any Hindu living in any part of the world understands the importance of Arthi. The use of Arthi is centuries old tradition. Any reader who is a non-Hindu and who doesn’t understand Hindu culture might wonder what bier is and why much […]
2. Are We Cremating the Dead or Living?
If a minimum of 450 kg wood is required per cremation i.e., 4 trees of at least 10-year age then what happens?I said in my last article that “number of trees cut per year for cremations and the consequent CO2 emissions are phenomenal resulting in environmental catastrophe”. Allow me kindly to demonstrate the same with […]
1. Why Hindus Cremate?
Hindus prefer cremation, as it is enjoined through the Garuda MahaPurana, the sacred text of Hindus that describes in detail the procedure to be followed in respect of the dead. The injunction given through this sacred text is to cremate the dead with wood. The type of wood used for open air cremation is also […]
The Life Lived
What is life? Observing my father, a retired Indian Police Service officer and the Distinguished Service Citation awardee from the President of India, I feel that life is what you lived. Ambitions, greed, passion, and many more, when all start subsiding the real human being emerges. I find these days my father’s face more peaceful, […]
25. Motor Insurance – 24 Articles Later and in Conclusion
As I write this piece, Motor Insurance claimfiles sprint across my mind. The angry exchanges customers had with the motor insurance officials in an insurance office come in like the waves of the sea in my mind. Millions of unsettled motor insurance claims, lakhs of customers who have gone to the court crying foul and […]
The Enticing TMH Photo of The Three Men
I received a photo this morning sent by a friend of mine. Three handsome fair men sitting and all are sitting with hands folded on the table. The table has on it a simple 3-ply mask, couple of tissue papers, a bunch of keys, Bailey water bottle, TMH’s menu card, a mobile phone and a […]
24. WHY MOTOR INSURANCE POLICY WORDING IS DIFFERENT IN EACH COMPANY IN INDIA?
It was a sudden impulse…a strange one though. Lockdown and at home. Lots of time. Being an insurance lover, I decided to read the motor insurance policy wording. I realized, very soon, that all insurers do not have the same policy wording. At random I choose the following companies to compare the policywording: 1. TATA […]
23. Why Motor Insurance Policies do not have Same Policy Wording in India?
It always bothered me as to why the motor insurance policies do not have the same wording in India. Motor Insurance is a compulsory insurance. None has thought about the wordings earlier i.e., to know whether all the insurance companies are having same policy wording. Everywhere in the world, it is a universal global standard […]
Life with 39 Wives and 94 Children
Late Shri Ziona Chana died on 13th June, 2021 at the age of 76. In today’s world people are afraid of getting married – both men as well as women. Women complain about men and vice versa. Probably the phobia of commitment is haunting them and their unwillingness to marry. Late Mr. Ziona Chana had […]
