Terror strikes Delhi…and a young lawyer, among others is killed. His uncle says…he had to stand in a queue to go in because he had not taken his coat. Fair enough, the human mind thinks like this. However his uncle should perhaps accept ‘If he had to die on Thursday afternoon in a New Delhi […]

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I remember a friend saying when he got a tip to buy a share the first thing he would ask the person is – will I be able to sell 500,000 shares without impacting the price of the share? Accumulation happens over a long time, however exit could happen suddenly and swiftly. Also the company […]

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What are the secrets of a successful insurance agent: (the insurance agent normally means the life insurance agent). These are the characteristics that the insurance company expects to see in a successful life insurance agent. His long term performance does not matter at all – there are Managing Directors who use techniques which are good […]

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Amazing how many people die because they did not wear a helmet! Recently saw a news item in The Hindu. A 33 year old died falling in a ditch – work was going on, hit his head against the cable. Leaves behind a 6 year old. He was driving a bike – 15 years experience. […]

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Is it necessary to justify your profession to the world? Is it necessary to tell the world what work you are doing and why it is adding a lot of value to the world? Who is to judge whether you are doing the ‘right’ job or no? These are all so difficult to answer that […]

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Recently a friend of long standing (2nd standard if I am not wrong) commented that my column should be a part of a newspaper and titled ‘Malice towards one and all…” a column which only people born in the 1960s would remember I guess. When ITC (cancer), McDonalds (BP) and Pepsi foods (Diabetes) talk about […]

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If you are a little confused about the title of this story, well you should not be. Many people confuse cheap to be inexpensive. Wrong. Cheap is normally meant to denote quality, inexpensive to describe price. Here is a great life insurance agent who met a client. Unfortunately I had not known her client…I met […]

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