June 29th Post

Quotable quotes of the week

Please remember, winning is a habit, losing is a process and nothing is a disaster -- MS Dhoni Indian Cricket team captain

The west notably the US, has been all too willing to dance with dictators all over the world-- Asif Ali Zardari - Pakistan President

Lalu has reached a stage of mental hollowness as he fails to digest the electoral reverses of his party -- Nitish Kumar Bihar CM on RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav

My job is too big for one man -- The Dalai Lama

Watch out !!

The other day I had very interesting experience with one of the Insurance companies .. To be specific with their Call center-- I was trying to find out when my premium was due ( to confirm exact date ) and when I referred to my policy number , the agent wanted me to let him know as" identification proof " (to continue the conversation ), the person who was the "nominee" of the policy - I knew who it was and I quickly rattled it only to be told that it was not the name that they had in their records as Nominee -- I gave two other names that I would have potentially made as nominees and was again told that those names were not held on record by the Insurance company-- I requested that I be given other identification options and was told that the insurance company wanted only the nominee name and no other alternative such as date of birth or PAN card number etc., was available -- I was at my wits end -- But I was confident about my nomination and then engaged the agent and told him that his records could be wrong and I wanted to speak to his team leader -- I had to persuade him that I was the policy holder and after much hesitation he put me on hold -- After ten minutes he came back , apologised for the hold and confirmed that my version of the nomination was correct -- He said that he placed a request for correction of the nominee in the Insurance company records -- Apparently , the translation from my application ( hard copy ) to their system was done incorrectly -- He had used the ten minute hold to trace my hard copy application which had my nominee -- that was not funny at all !!
Now , had I not been persistent about my correctness , I would not have been able to check this out nor got access to my policy-- I was wondering if anything untoward had happened , there would have been a issue in the settlement !! I decided to check out other insurance companies on the correctness of data .as well --
Do let me know your thoughts …

Rotary

The installation of our Golden jubilee president ( 50th President ) happened on Saturday 27th June -- It was a very good occasion and everyone realised how difficult it is to run a club for fifty years -- Some of the Chartered members were present , which meant they had been in the club for fifty years -- that looked a long period of time --
Our new President Rtn Bhomick is a alumni of IIM( C) and runs his landscaping business as well -- The meeting also applauded all the good work that was done for 2008 -09 -- Our Rotary theme for the new year is " Rotary's future is in your hands " and this was picked up by the Rotary International President based on Mahatma Gandhi's quote and that was inspiring to know -- I was pushed to be a Joint Secretary which meant that I am being set up to be President in a couple of years time -- I would find it difficult to manage with my official work as well if this path is to be followed -- need to find a way out to get out of a official position in the Rotary but continue to contribute still...l