We often hear statements like ‘He is very Intelligent’. But have you ever wondered what intelligence is? There are people who asked me to make them intelligent! How can I make any one intelligent? Psychologists say that there are four types of Intelligence: Intelligence Quotient (IQ)Emotional Quotient (EQ)Social Quotient (SQ)Adversity Quotient (AQ) Intelligence Quotient (IQ) […]
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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 […]
AN EXPERIENCE CALLED SANJAY GOEL
This post is completely dedicated to my close friend, classmate and a memorable personality, Mr. Sanjay Goyal. 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 […]
The Honor of Becoming Parents Parent
“There is a break in the family history, where the ages accumulate and overlap, and the natural order makes no sense: it’s when the child becomes the parent of their parent.” This happens when the father grows older and begins to move as if he were walking through fog – slowly, very slowly, imprecisely. The […]
MY WRIST WATCHES AND TIME
I have over 25 expensive wrist watches. A question arises, at this point of life, as to why I have accumulated so many wristwatches? What will I do with them? What is it I wanted to prove either to myself or to the world? I have also purchased many expensive wristwatches to my family, of […]
THE CURIOUS CASE OF Ms. SAARIKA
I did not expect even in my wildest dreams that I would meet a transgender in my small agricultural village! Saarika was born as a man with the qualities of a woman. In a male body, female spirit is residing. She hails from a poor illiterate family where the culture is a man should behave […]
ON BEING MY FATHER’S BARBER
Till his 70th year, my father regularly visited barber’s shop once in every 20 days for haircut. Being a policeman, he had not only followed the police discipline in hair styling, but taught us the need to have a disciplined hair style. For majority of his life, my father had Mr. Narasimha as his barber. […]
The Devil’s Advocate
The Devil’s Advocate – I watched this movie few days ago. I had downloaded this movie a decade back and never got time to watch. It will be enough for me to mention that there had been no other movie where I had to pause the play in mere awe at the magnificence of the […]
YOUR NEW NEIGHBOR
Dear Sir, I am your new neighbor, moved into the flat very next to yours few months ago. Our working timings are such that we rarely meet. In the recent resident’s welfare association meeting, I wanted to very much meet you, but unfortunately you could not make it due to business commitments. I met your […]
