It was the world of Khus-Khus Tattis, the shade of a neem tree and sleeping open air and the mosquito nets. Lying inside the mosquito net, I used to count the stars before falling asleep. I was 100% sure that I had counted all the stars accurately. I wrote the number of stars in my […]
Category: Insurances
The Match Box World of Life Insurance
“The Pipe, The Key, Chavi, Thou Phool, Cake, The Rabbit, Lakshmi, Cheeta, Family, Home lites….” By the way, they are not just names…What are these? They are the names of the famous Match Box brands. Many more brands existed in India. And few of those brands are still alive. Let it be any brand…they all […]
The Reward Goes to: Risk, Uncertainty or Ignorance?
When there are Risk, Uncertainty and Ignorance, which one do you think gets rewarded? Confused with the question? Will you say – Is it obviously Risk that gets rewarded? In my opinion it is Ignorance that gets rewarded. Imagine a ceramic urn filled with black and white balls. We know precisely half the balls are […]
THE BENGAL SCAM – BIMA KANDO (2022- )
I must admit, as insurance professional, that I saw ‘The Bengal Scam – Bima Kando’ TV series rather late. To be exact, 3 years after its release. One can watch these series online in Bengal & Hindi languages. I must thank and congratulate Abhirup Ghosh director of these series for this masterpiece. He understood very […]
DAY 2 NIA PUNE, 22nd MAY 2000, MONDAY – TRAINING BEGINS
DAY 2 NIA PUNE, 22nd MAY 2000, MONDAY – TRAINING BEGINS – The dust free environment, the walking track, the rabbits, the sunrise and the cool morning breeze – I could not have wished for more. To top it all, I had the world’s time to be with myself – a person with whom I […]
DAY 1 PUNE, 21ST MAY 2000, 9.30AM, SUNDAY WELCOME TO NIA
Reached Pune Railway station in one piece, after having spent a dreadful night in utter terror with those two specimens in the train. It is generally said that one could smell the rat from a mile away. I could smell the rotten stink of figures and their positive and negative variations from a berth away. […]
SECRET DIARY OF A YOUNG EXECUTIVE – THE BEGINNING, SATURDAY, 20™ MAY 2000, 8.15PM
During my employment at the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, way back in the year 2000, I was nominated and sent for a three-week training course at the National Insurance Academy (NIA) Pune. From 22-05-2000 to 10-06-2000 (both days inclusive). I do not know what came over me, but I wrote a detailed account […]
The Mecca-Medina Life Insurance Policy
The Mecca-Medina Life Insurance Policy – All life insurance policies are specific purpose policies. When we say, “specific purpose policies,” it means they serve a specific purpose such as in case of death of the life assured, the family and dependents will lead a normal life without any economic hardship. Such policies also include daughter’s […]
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 […]
UNDERSTANDING PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
This afternoon I was discussing the concepts of internet, SEOs and article postings with Ms. Vijaya Laxmi, Suddenly, the idea dawned in mind. I had to cut short the discussion, in a hurried manner I sat down to write this piece. At times I may fail to express myself clearly, but I earnestly desire to […]
