Determination of Death (2001) movie is a Life Insurance thriller. A classic example of life insurance fraud. Directed by Michael Miller. In order to free themselves from debt, a husband-and-wife plan to fake the husband’s death for the insurance money. The wife helps her husband stage his own death. US$ 5 million is the insurance […]
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Come at 4 pm for Tea. I Will Wait
After repeated knocking on the window, later on the door, after calling him aloud over 10 times and 15 minutes later, he slowly opened the door. There is an agreed emergency entry into the house, but unfortunately it was latched from inside. Otherwise, I would not have waited for 15 long minutes anxiously. The distance […]
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 […]
KARYESHU DASI
Who said the verse कार्येषु दासी, करणेषु मंत्री is a mystery. I am sure each of us may have heard this verse at some point of time or the other. Some people opine that this is written by a poet Baddena, in 13th century as a part of Neeti Shastra. Baddena was a Telugu poet […]
PADMA PURAN – A HINDU WIFE’S DUTY TO HER HUSBAND
The Puranas ancient religious poems, are the Bible/Quran of the Hindus. Padmapuran is one of the important texts of the Hindus. It is one of the 18 Puranas. Padmapuran describes in detail a wife’s duty towards her husband, and it is thus translated as: There is no other god on earth for a woman than […]
LOVE YOUR HUSBAND
Love him when he orders you to make tea or coffeeHe wants to feel fresh to your non-stop talksLove him if he looks at all beautiful femalesHe is just checking that you are still the bestLove him if he criticizes your cookingHe is still improving his taste Love him if he snores at night and […]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Final Arrangements
Final Arrangements is 36th episode of Season 6 of the ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ telecasted on Tuesday the 20th June, 1961. It is interesting for a simple reason that the main character of this episode Mr. Leonard Thompson -Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) – approaches his suicide /death in a very dispassionate manner. […]
NO WOMAN WANT TO BE A MOTHER
Mother, Mother’s love. In Hindi we have a super statement ‘Maa ka kokh mein Nau mahine’, ‘Maa ka doodh’, Maa is god. Mother’s love is more powerful than god’s blessings. Innumerable emotional stories are told of mother’s love in our culture. I disagree with the above interpretation. I feel that in the name of mother’s […]
RAMAYANA’s RAMA – AN EPITOME OF BAD HUSBAND
This morning I wished daughter Parvathi. Let me tell later what I wished and allow me to state why I wished her. She completed her studies, settled in life with a good job with accommodation, bought a car and she is 24 years old! As a responsible father, I wished the next best i.e., she […]
