Just two steps into a simple single storey building in Salt Lake, Kolkata, sits the live history of insurance in India. It’s an autumn morning when I ring the bell for Arun Chandra Mukherji, expecting the nonagenarian to take a while to open the door. He surprises me, appearing instantly. “You will live a hundred years,” he tells me cheerfully. Before I can think of a suitable comeback, the former chairman of New India Assurance Company escorts me to the living room. I marvel that he did not once wince while climbing the steps. Many stop doing so way before his ...
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First Published: Fri, November 03 2017. 22:55 IST
