A poem for the friend

She was the friend Who troubled made fun of me. But kept reminding That she cares. And then I was singing one day I stopped to sip water And she completed the lines We sang more songs together. Said bye that day and moved on. It rained. I moved.

Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) Act, 1961

Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) Act, 1961 A crucial piece of legislation in India designed to: protect bank depositors maintain the stability of the banking system. Purpose: To provide insurance for bank deposits, ensuring that depositors receive their funds even if a bank fails. To instill confidence in the banking system and prevent panic withdrawals during times of financial distress. Originally it also had a Credit Guarantee function, but those functions were separated.   Establishment of DICGC: The…

Borderline scam by Vi telecom operator

I still use prepaid recharge for my phone. Whenever the validity is about to end, a week prior, I keep getting hundreds of SMS asking me to recharge soon. But these reminder messages go silent one day before the expiry. The validity gets over at 11:59pm and my data and calls stop working by 12:01am the next day. When I wake up, I will not even realise that the plan has expired. Even whatsapp messages stop working. When I go…

Leaving for no reason or for a reason

I follow many upcoming singers. One such singer was a part of a collective band. And after this singer's solo song reels went viral, this singer decided to leave the band. Many months later, she addressed it indirectly, saying that she's no more a part of this band. The singer is Sunidhi Ganesh. She's a good singer. She's done a few songs for movies too. Now it seems that the band was not happy about her leaving. But she wanted…

How teachers are made to struggle for every penny

I recently set the question paper for a university. The process of setting the question paper took me 3 days. After all this, I was given a form to fill for the purpose of payment. It took me almost an hour to fill in the details. Last month, when I judged a moot court competition also, they made me fill in a form which took quite some time to fill. The amount received from these two works is not something…