Insuring ourselves is one of the silliest things we can do in life, I think. Life insurance means that a certain amount will be paid to my dependents after my death. Fine, there’s nothing that can give me more happiness (after my death) than seeing my beloved ones(not dependents , but loved ones) living happily after my death. The latest issue of the Frontline [dated 2 Nov 2012] argues that insurance has been made just another business of the capitalists. For example, it says that “countries where competition is rife in the insurance industry, such as the U.S. have been characterised by a large number of failures.” India is opening up itself to that competition. Because Dr Manmohan Singh has to save his image in the Western press. Just because the Western press called Dr Singh (our beloved PM) all kinds of names, he chose to give us a lot of FDI, hike in prices of cooking gas and other items precious to most of us (leaving aside the most people who have no access t
Cerebrate and Celebrate