Ajit was ecstatic when he brought his new Maruti Swift hatchback. Out on his first trip with his wife Reena and 5-year old daughter Seema on the Alibaug strip, the father in him was quickly dumbfounded. The reason? Seema had opened the dashboard and out of child-like curiosity asked daddy about the colorful insurance papers. Ajit explained that they were meant to protect the car if it by chance got stolen or destroyed. It was then that Seema, unknowingly, asked him: "What if you get stolen? Will they return you too?" This got Ajit thinking about his life and what will happen to his family when he is not around. A car can be bought again, but not his life.
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