Introductory Note: Who are the most important people of the last One Thousand years, i.e., from 1000 AD to 2000 AD? The phrase ‘important people’ are defined as ‘a person /s who changed the destiny of the world; defined the great stream of human history and altered our perceptions. Let us remember them. ——————- The […]
Tag: Death
WILL SHE RECOGNIZE?
The unnerving question is, if my mother, who I lost 30 years ago, were to come back today will she recognize me? I do not think any mother would recognize her children. Puzzled? I lost my mother to cancer in 1996. When she was 48 years old; and I was 29 years. My father said […]
THE UNNATURAL DEATHS
What is natural death? I have heard people saying, he died a natural death, death by natural causes. What is natural death? That brings us to the question: what is unnatural death? If somebody dies by heart attack, kidney failure, lungs failure, or any other disfunctions of the body, we call it as natural. On […]
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 […]
FAREWELL AL SAYYID SALIM BIN NASSIR KHALFAN AL BUSAIDI
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 […]
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 […]
CATERPILLAR AND BUTTERFLY
In my last article (Death of the World) I had written that it is the world that dies, I (the supposed deceased) will continue to live. All I have asked you people to look at the entire process from a different perspective in this article. I must refer to the beautiful poem written by G. […]
Magnificent Seven Stories
In my extensive readings, I came across many wonderful sentences, many of them I do remember. For few, I can even remember their author; but for majority I am confused about the name of the author. I do acknowledge the work and rights of those authors, thank them for letting me use their work. Few […]
THE KAILASH MAN SAROVAR
This piece I am writing is regarding one of the ancient pilgrimages, very sacred pilgrimage for every Hindu – the Kailash Man Sarovar Yatra. This Yatra is conducted annually under the supervision of Government of India, as it is an international Yatra involving more than one country. Those of you who desire to know more […]
