Dr Nita Mukherjee on a voluntary group in Mumbai that promotes the Will-making habit

Make-A-Will Foundation came together as a group of volunteers who wanted to promote social awareness regarding succession planning and preparing people for “life after death”. It has no formal set-up as of now because they are not interested in any funding. Shanker S Pai, the founder president of this...

Funds have filed a plethora of schemes to gather money – without taking the trouble to differentiate themselves

Desperate for funds, mutual fund companies have become frantic. High stock prices late last year and in January this year encouraged them to launch many new schemes. Sadly, they lack the imagination and fund management skills to differentiate one idea from the other. Not...

20-year old Sumanta had a Mediclaim cover. The hospital still took off his life saving treatment. His father took the hospital to court and won. Sucheta Dalal analyses the landmark case

"Can Doctors insist and wait for money (fees) when death is knocking the doors of a patient"? All of us pray that we will never be faced with this question in connection with a loved one. But Pravat Kumar...