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July 29, 2021
The pithy axiom “Readers are leaders” was painted on the facade of my alma mater’s decrepit and a rather gloomy library in Karachi. Later, my alma mater in the US had a library–architecturally the most beautiful building on campus–, one which was specially designed to allow sunlight inside. It made you want to spend time there to read.
The state of leadership in both countries-political or technological-vindicates the ironic claim of my alma mater in my hometown.
At the time Quran was revealed, Meccans used to take great pride in poetry. It was based on the familiar binary of sex and violence (identified by Sigmund Freud as the two primary human drives). The ancient Arabian poetry has now been translated by western academics and is available on Amazon. It either celebrated tribal wars or narrated love stories.
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Since the nationwide lockdown in March 2020, urban Indians have grown more anxious about financial security, the Max Life India Protection Quotient 3.0 (IPQ 3.0) survey showed. Anxiety levels climbed up from 55% to 61% this year, the survey said. Indians were most anxious about the possibility of a family member catching the Coronavirus or death of a breadwinner. The potential cost of treatment also added to the pressure. There is a significant shift towards increasing savings and investments, the survey said. Financial anxieties related to Covid-19, and ability of current earnings to cover expenses have emerged as top concerns for Urban Indians, it added.
Covid-19 continues to make urban India feel financially insecure: Max Life survey
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NEW DELHI :
Urban India has grown more anxious about financial security and preparedness in the last one year, and there is a significant shift towards increasing savings and investments. Financial anxieties related to covid-19 and the ability of current earnings to cover expenses have emerged as top concerns for urban Indians.
These are the key findings of the third edition of the Max Life India Protection Quotient 3.0 (IPQ 3.0) survey done by Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd in partnership with Kantar. As per the survey, Urban India witnessed a positive movement of four points on the Protection Quotient scale from 35 (IPQ 2.0) to 39 at present.