DEAR ALL,
A}1)MILESTONES ARE IMPORTANT , WE ARE ADDING A FRESH CHAPTER IN THE BOOK OF OUR LIFE . 80th BIRTHDAY WAS HISTORIC, IT IS A JUMP FROM SASHTIAPTHAPOORTHI AT 60 YRS,TO BIMARATHISHANTHI AT 70 YRS.TO PANCHASAPTHATIHI AT 75YRS, to NEXT LANDMARK 80, SADHABHISHEKAM, ASEETI, A 1000 FULL MOONS THEN ONE WOULD HAVE SEEN. 31st May 2022,it is our 52nd Wedding Anniversary,we are 83& 76.
*50 is the old age of Youth,60 is the youth of Old Age,
Middle age is an age ,when Broad Mind & Narrow waist begin to exchange places !
In modern times,old proverbs are dying down. Slow & steady wins the race,now NEVER
Youth is a blunder,Manhood a struggle,&Old age a regret. NOW,
Youth is an Adventure,Manhood a Challenge,& Old age one of Fulfilment
THE PATH TO PERFECTION IS A SLOPE RATHER THAN A STAIRCASE
Let us EXTEND SYMPATHY & EMPATHY TO THE POOR,NEEDY & DOWNTRODDEN,
MAN GETS & FORGETS ,GOD GIVES & FORGIVES .
BE GOOD, BE KIND, LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL,
WORK IS WORSHIP IN THIS WORKSHOP OF OURS
BE AS BUSY AS A BEE, AS BEAUTIFUL AS A BUTTERFLY, AS HARDWORKING AS AN ANT,AS SHARP AS AN EAGLE
DEVELOP ELEPHANTINE MEMORY, ENHANCE EXEMPLARY HABITS
EARN NAME & FAME,NOT POPULARITY LIKE A VAPOUR, BUT AS STEADFAST AS Sachin,Kohli or Butlers 100. bad day today,no 5th century for him.Unfortunate, Tata IPL Finals 71st match dull & drab,poor totals ,one of the lowest for any IPL Finals
EMBRACE PATIENCE, PERSEVERANCR,FORBEARANCE,ENDURANCE & FORGIVENESS.
2)We care for Brotherhood & Sisterhood of Humanity
We shall be human & humane
World is changing & churning fast
Birthdays come & go, Anniversaries come & go,
Time is a great destroyer, but Time is a great Healer too.
All darkness in the world cannot put out the light of one single candle &
One candle can light another 1000 candles
Let us be a Hanuman to realise our immense Power & Potential & a Bhishma who takes a vow & fulfils it
3)We DONNED MANY ROLES , as a LICian, noblest service to Society & Nation,AS A GOOD LEADER, A FINE CAPTAIN & COMMANDER,A GOOD Trainer, a worthy Principal, as an Endearing HUSBAND, KIND FATHER,MATURE GRANDFATHER, A FRIEND, PHILOSOPHER & GUIDE & MORE. Some Social Service activities as Life Member, Probus Club,Chennai too ,especially widening the number of Govt Schools & steadily growing Scholarship Fund & benefitting 1000s of boys & girls .
So, with mind & memory glued to our Voyage,consulting better half to fill up the gaps ,jottings,updation, we decided some Chronicling is needed for Youngsters in families,relatives, to have foretaste of parents & grandparents,their hoary past, trials & tribulations suffered by them to make life more enjoyable for the succeeding generations,sacrifice by them,father & mother,uncle & aunt, for satisfaction of sons& daughters,nephews & nieces,son-in-law& daughter-in-law
4)What Audio cannot do,Video does, What words & sentences cannot do,1 Picture does , what a Picture cannot do,1 Experience teaches a good lesson, Multiple Experiences convey need for SWOT EXERCISE. Many years before Plenty of Bulky Albums,after 1or 2yrs interest fades away,space, paper fish nuisance sometimes. We decided & got prepared Laminated Photo from prestigious professional Labs,32 in each,5 such oblong & so 160 class photos 20 years before, reviving & kindling our memory.That tells us who we were,how we looked,our friends,family,office clicks & enhances adrenalin ,of mirth & merriment ,running commentary from ebullient, wa. It is as clean & bright as it was then.Friends,relatives were congratulating us for this innovative method.Almost all relatives find a place there ,in some stages of their lives.WHY,I tried to count,more than 40 PHOTOs figure LIC Chairman, MD,ED,ZM,RM,SDMs & downwards to all categories. Friends & Comrades, the painstaking,laborious,nervewracking Assignment ,we imposed on ourselves,as it becomes Memorable,a Landmark & Milestone ,never to be forgotten,it is Discovery of ourselves,Past & Present, VISION & REVISION, a Guidepost for Future
It is eminently desirable that individuals & families evolve a system ,whereby periodically, they are able to sit together,enjoy & relish what they were, how they were,children & relatives peep in,some snaps& later like a PANORAMA or CIRCARAMMA,this PENDRIVE drives you mad & revel in joy & gladness.Even if the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare said,about Life as a Drama, it has its own Exits as well as Entrances,a SPAN of 60,70,80,90 or even 100,One must go down MEMORY LANE & get enthralled by the photographic & cinematographic ,wonderful photos preserved for POSTERITY.
5) I also strongly believe & suggest that ASSOCIATIONS & Federations,AIRIEF must make it a VENTURE, not merely to conduct & forget BUT immediately scanning & discarding unwanted photos or Repeats, continue that PENDRIVE ALBUM to BREATHE LIFE,as a LIVING ENTITY. Just imagine,if merely I have forwarded the PHOTOS WITHOUT SubTitles both 10th May GBM RIEA Chennai & again Memorandum submission to ZM,RMOS,RMPIR,SDM DO 1,13th May,how dull & drab,the Qualitative,Substantive & Painstaking exercise would have been.If, therefore, then & there the Photo Enthusiasts,many have Photography as a Hobby & an ART indeed, it is ,the SUBTITLES can be written & etched to appreciate the nature of the Event & other relevant details. I pray AIRIEF takes upon itself this Historical & important Journey year after year,even studded with some RIEA Photos, plan & execute for the SILVER JUBILEE Celebrations.
6 ) In fact,we have a good number of old but VALUABLE Video recording of CLASS, SELECT ,UNBELIEVABLE MOMENTS from DISCOVERY,GEOGRAPHIC,ANIMAL PLANET ,EVEN Channel HISTORY,Bapre,where is the time to do these recordings ! yet,it is SUPER & so,I noted down the AGENCY Mobile no,who does work with precision & without damage,from any OLD Medium to NEW
For us though, we dont want to be STEROTYPES, preference is for STABLE discourses drawn from IMMORTAL EPICS & Commentators or Scholars offering unique interpretations in Tamil or English, or any verses & that incident portrayed by them LINGERS in our Hearts LONGER & DEEPER .
7)Equally when we listen last few years or more to Channels TataSky Brahma Kumari BK Shivani & the like,1065 & 1084,Peace of Mind & the AWAKENING, BAPRE,she in seemingly simple dainty white BK dress, but flow of thoughts in English or Hindi,Posing & Provoking,with down to earth lifes happenings & illustrations, partly using Socratic Questioning method once, repeated twice,disarming smile, makes the large audience Think & Feel the Missing Link in their Attitude or Action or Behaviour ,to open GATES of InnerReform for CHANGE from old to NEW Pattern
8)Have we not,even in Kavignar Kannadasan songs seen & sensed typical events portrayed in his inimitable style rendering & a Pointer to place ONUS on such practices to be literally rooted out for Societal change .
9)Life is not all Navjot Siddhus Comedy with Kapil Sharmas roaring fun & laughter.It is needed for an adrenalin to wake us up, if morose & even to spike our health a bit more comfortable with lifes Merryside which we miss many times
So too ARATTAI ARANGAM ,some are educative with thrust on For & Against & the treasure of diction, vocabulary & quotes & biting humour to floor the other side,youngsters deserve that round of applause
10)Equally, Art of Living GurudevRavi Shankarji or of late, Jaggi Vasudev replies to queries ,we have seen his Shiv Rathri spectacle sombre lectures ,but in interviews he is more captivating with his lucid,jocular & penetrative profound truth as a medicine for inner wisdom & reason investigating & landing on answers to insoluble problems seemingly in the beginning but dissolving with his parables & similees.
Ukraine-Russia War 95thday prolonging,tough fight,heavy losses,world food crisis,barbaric invasion virtually, Will good sense dawn, will economic collapse get set right,social relations normalcy a distant dream,new digital revolutions, , World war ? China US face off,Israel-Palestine fragile ceasefire,pinpricks to India, dull, insipid life, what adharma we did, why Nature punishes so ruthlessly
11)31 MAY is our WEDDING DAY, glad to inform that Myself & Mrs Seetha Kishore enjoyed the Voyage of Rainbow of Colours of 52 YEARS of HAPPY MARRIED LIFE, GOLDEN JUBILEE . 83 & 76 years we are, started at Chintadripet,Chennai crowded locality way back, with 24 members of our Joint Family !!
ii)We used to play cards 304,504,704 with 1,2,3,packs Joint family & a Maharashtrian family BVAlwani,son Sharad,Saturday,Sunday,he wants to witness English Top Movies,we indeed saw many,at prominent Theatres,CASINO,NEW GLOBE, ELEPHINSTONE,MINERVA,Strangers on the Train,GONE WITH THE WIND with 2 Intervals,The Man who never was,Julius Caesar,CLEOPATRA,War & Peace,Benhur & many more.Hindi Movies of famous Actors & Actresses &select Tamil Movies.
iii)We played Carroms,Singles & Doubles,interesting duels,Ramesh some times created awe in clearing all 9 coins in 1st shot, We ,like a child, enjoyed ROLLING COINS & using tilt & balance delicate lifting of the Board ensured Maximum coins enter rolling & steadily falling into the 4 coin holes.Coins which fall obviously deter & points are Black 1, White 2 & Red 5,in all 32.
B} i)Bachelor days, double establishment,Pune, Rajkot next posting wedding fixed , Voyage in LIC ,14 transfers in 35 years ,happy to say thanx to Montessori School , Chintadripet High School,Loyola College & Madras University , finest traditions , even at Pune itself they Enrolled me in Fedn of LIC Class I Officers Assns,Articles in Mouthpiece OUR VOICE, I contributed as early as 1964. University Gold Medallist in Economics & Loyola College Silver Medallist in Politics ,rare feat of annexing both, after my St Joseph College Professor Ganapathy 35 years before accomplished .
Education is an Ornament in Adversity.I used to say jocularly,I am R.B.Kishore,not Rao Bahadur Kishore, but Rev BROTHER Kishore,student of LOYOLA, MOTTO was Luceat Lux Vestra-Let your Light shine forth.Our Gayathri is a Prayer of Illumination,spreading light & knowledge & dispelling darkness & ignorance.
Ivan Lendell won 22 Grand Slams but unfortunately Never a Wimbledon
To Youngsters & all a Motto or Mantra he forcefully utterred :
Sadhagam or Practice , in his own words
'Practice more & more on the Homefield so that you practice less & less on the Battlefield '
We played for Venkat Cricket Club & promoted to next level in Newton Cricket Club Chennai
ii)Undeterred I went on & on ,whether in EZ or SCZ as RM(P& IR),there was so much to do & all know where EZ was in ranking & general assessment, sacrifice with intended reform measures in steady doses with consultation,pave the way for a stream of continuous improvements.The Newsletter of full 2 pages covering all aspects of the Zone,the dialogues & negotiations with all Unions for FEO introducton & training ,the ZTC & Training & HRD sessions & improvements & percolation to bottom layer,the humane touch to Vigilance cases,several All-India Athletic Meets conducted with aplomb,
**the presentation of a specially designed Ambulance to Mother Teresa,which assignment was also entrusted to me alongwith RMCC,
**the full conduct of proceedings of Malhotra Insurance Reforms Committee for days ,for which I was made In-Charge,& the meticulous planning & orderly way of reception of all members,bigwigs,to proceedings to stay to send-off,mindboggling even to think of now,
** toughest task of opening of closed Branch Dimapur ,Jorhat because of Terrorist activities & demand of ransom from LIC which we stoutly refused,& threat to ZM & myself on phone etc from ULFA (Muvia) group,hectic parleys for 4 days with all cadres & groups in that heartland , BO opened with security protection from Ministry for us & Bank,never to close again,all these pass through my mind & memory.
iiii)As for MDC, many told me honestly that in 1 year of MDC,I could really do 3 years of output & productivity ,from so many angles.Many ZTCs,STCs called me for lectures ,drew inspiration. Every AHVAN (Calling ), ANTARDARSHAN (Introspection) & Monthly 2 –Article summary circulated to CO/ZO/DO & through them to BO,were widely lauded & appreciated as a communication crusade at a critical time.Chairman.MDs,EDs,Chiefs praised the quality of Topics selected & delineated in clear terms with an eye on future. Any number of select,famous Management,Marketing Experts thrilled Session members with wonderful kits & tools of Exercises,Games,Case studies apart from CO/ZO dignitaries & Faculty also grew. VISION 2005 in1997 was the capstone of the arc.
iv) Well, I continued with some good training activities or lectures,though not aggressively. For near 3 yrs,I was associated with Dr BesantRaj International,Chennai for training many private insurance company agents .Afterwards,I associated with AIM,Academy of Insce Marketing of late Sri K.Chandrasekaran, as a Role Model & a Record maker of high standards,redoubtable DO ,Fellow of the Insce Institute with ranking,KC set an example for study continuously by agents & DOs.MDRT agent Sri Jayachandran was also part of the team. We went to Pondicherry to train 50/60 agents & some DOs were there for full.Earlier, we covered Chitradurga & Shimoga .DOs of Kottayam also partially we took up .
--University of Madras called me for some lectures on Insurance to Commerce Lecturers on Competition-problems & Prospects.
-- Institute of Chartered Accountants for Principles of Life Insurance with illustrations & case studies.,
--- series of lectures on Leadership Qualities to Jain college for Women as part of Entreprenurial building up for 2 & 3rd year students.
-----Principal,Dr Dharmambal Govt College of Polytechnic to inaugurate Industry-Institution Interaction as part of Career Guidance & Counselling programme.
-----College of Arts & Science & Christian College invited me for some lectures..
----RBIStaff Training College too invited me for some Behavioural topics.
-----,so too, regularly United India Learning Centre,
---- Some DOs called me every year to motivate their agents & different Topics were handled.
C} i) After 35 years of dedicated service in all assignments,Working for 23 years for Pensioners AIRIEF , preparing Notes & Submissions & copious data collection & building up Statistics ,circulating to Legal Study Group & all others from 1998 ,after retirement , we are Chairman to Chaprasi, midnight typing many times , Vision & then Revision, legs down all the time for quick typing I embraced deadly Varicose Veins & Cellulitis , swelling of both legs ,wound with 2 pores oozing water droplets,any number of Vascular Surgeon, MIOT Hospital Plastic Surgeon 2 years & more,Atrial Fibrillation fast left ventricular beat, Destiny has wrecked me .Tripod is my permanent companion.Yet,it has not dampened our spirits . We are adopting Vascular Surgeons modern methods of specially created inner & outer socks with indications of Compression Numbers,depending on leg swelling.
ii)Activists are few,Masters in Pensioners data & rules & regulations are fewer& RTI Specialists still less .Tragedy indeed . Pensioners themselves don't respond Young Turks 60 -70 do not want to wear the mantle, happy they are with a handsome Pension& various heard & unheard Perks.Many thought only Maternity Benefit but added Paternity Benefit
We Pensioners must seek Pensioners Fraternity Benefit like the Best wage accord 8/2017 to 7/2022 ,44 months arrears running in lakhs , Special Monthly Allowance upto Rs 13500 , what not .
iii)Nobody envies but please Resolve Pensioners problems & grievances soon as Critical Issues are left over with procrastination .19000 Pensioners have died & are dying .We are still in the IV Pay Commn mode ! What a pity
iv)Sad , why even sickening , telephone, email, SMS, reminder1,reminder 2 ,no response by Pensioner Members,means , cast aside the Appeals of Activists or OB/ECMembers,.Pray they respond hereafter.We have lost energy but we did many glorious things for Pensioners,which is an eloquent & standing testimony for Posterity ,reflected in our valuable & prestigious 24 PAGE AIRIEF BROCHURE of Achievements& Accolades FROM 5/12/1996 Birthday of AIRIEF TILL NOW,DECEMBER 2020 &Website ,airiefvision.wordpress.com ,Multi-utility Features many hits nearing 7 lakhs.
D) SCINTILLATING QUOTES :
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1)Let us march on with the spirit of passion & compassion & the world will be ours to conquer.St Francis Assissi put it better when he says,”Start by doing what is necessary,Then do what is possible,And suddenly you are doing the impossible”
2)The value of a man is not measured by what he does for himself to make his life easier, but measured by what he does for others to make their lives easier. -Eric E. Thomas.
3)*Plato said, "the unexamined life is not worth living '
4)Society needs both introvert Woodrow Wilson & extrovertTheodre Roosevelt .
Learn to listen & listen to learn.
5)People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
Man aspires,perspires,respires,& expires
6)The Universe is a wonder.the Trees give,Rivers give,Earth gives, Sun,Moon,Stars give
Man only is anxious to take,to gather, to amass,to hoard.
7)It takes 9 muscles to smile & 19 muscles to frown.
Why worry & get Wrinkles, better Smile & get Dimples.
Love & leave anger; work & leave hunger; laugh & live longer.
8)All people smile in the same language. Take time to laugh,for it is the music of the soul. You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.
9)Anger is one alphabet short of Danger. For every minute you are angry with someone,you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back.
Multiply your joys & divide your sorrows, that is the Mathematics of Life.
10)What is needed is physical fitness,mental alertness, & cultural correctness.
E}POEM on RBK by:
To our respected Kishore Saa’b!
With kindness and benevolence
With wisdom and modesty
With fearlessness and knowledge of the occasion
Radiating the gospel of life insurance
With the acumen for right words for the right occasion
Practising harmlessness and helpfulness to all,
With divinely disposition and
Matchless giving inclination
Shorn of animosity
Sure of unity
As a fountainhead of motivation and benediction
With a well-earned high status
With discipline and
With a kind disposition towards others
With a merciful outlook
With an uncanny ability to time things
With majesty and devotion
With an eye for nurturing art
With knowledge
With an inclination to dispel ignorance
In the know of ways of society
Free of indiscipline
With the faultless sense of sensing
Unsparing of faults
Endearing every one and anyone
With the sense of delivering things with cogency and eloquence
As a touchstone of nobility,kindness,truthfulness
With governing ability laced with concern for others
Full of thankfulness
With the ability to take informed decisions
With the sense of making friends with due care
Without any bias and prejudice
With four siblings like Raama
Surprising even the creator Brahma
Born in Punarvasu
Unaffected by well-deserved adulation
Forgetting forgetfulness of the base on climbing heights
Endowed with the impeccable sense of going about things ,the way one should
With reverential attitude to the elders ,ensuring their valuable advice
With a sense of self-respect and rectitude like Raama
With that rare gem of a spouse, Seetha
With the boon-like off spring,Kalpana and Mukund
Bestowed with a sweet and great life,
May you grow and grow like the ever-flourishing banyan tree!
BOOPATHY & SASIKALA LIC CHENNAI
F) WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FROM First Year to Sixtieth,PAPER -----------------to-----DIAMOND.
Read,Enjoy & Benefit & PASS ON TO OTHERS AS YOU PLEASE
VERY USEFUL & WORTHWHILE
R.B.KISHORE
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G) WE START THE NEW CHAPTER OF LIFE ,WITH A FRESH BOUT OF ENERGY & ENTHUSIASM,
SPREAD AROMA & FRAGRANCE ALL AROUND THRO GOOD WORDS & DEEDS TO SOCIETY
ABOVE ALL, ADD LIFE TO YEARS ,NOT YEARS TO LIFE
GREETINGS,, GOODLUCK & GODSPEED TO U,ALL MEMBERS OF UR FAMILY & Insurance Fraternity
R.B.KISHORE, Blessings to you all,
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