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By: Web Graveyard Update « An Unquiet Mind

Web Graveyard Update « An Unquiet Mind — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:24:03 +0000

[...] a comment » I had recently mooted the concept of WebGraveyard.com, where your presence in the online world will forever be preserved, [...]

By: Mahendra

Mahendra — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:33:37 +0000

Shefaly, needless to say, you are of course right. Its a pity that a majority of Indians are either fools or self-obsessed or both!

By: Mahendra

Mahendra — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:31:47 +0000

Prax, welcome back and thank you!

The MyWill section in WebGraveyard.com is optional!

By: Shefaly

Shefaly — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:42:57 +0000

Prax:

I was actually talking about India too. My comment does not say anything about the UK.

By: Prax

Prax — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:26:56 +0000

Shefaly , i was talking about india , maybe it is different in uk
here lots of people have their finances in dissaray and many a times on their death the wives have to face nightmare situations ..i have helped at least half a dozen of people sort out their finances.
worse only a few people make a will say less than 50% when it is really easy to make one

By: Shefaly

Shefaly — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:37:23 +0000

Prax: Only fools and extremely self-obsessed people do not make a will or buy life insurance. Anyone who owns any assets must make a will if only to avoid internecine feuding after their death. It is also a way to share one’s wealth exactly as one likes. One could leave all money to one’s loyal maidservant rather than a relative, not a default position in the eyes of the law.

In India, empirically speaking, intestate deaths are a major cause of familial breakdown because daughters’ rights to parental property are rarely honoured by sons and girls are generally reluctant to drag their siblings through the courts. Result? A general cooling off of relationships. :-/

By: Prax

Prax — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:11:24 +0000

Wow
good ur back to blogging ,
To think of it how many people make a will?
Maybe its because death seems to be a scary topic or that people really dont sit and ponder about it long enough.
this is a rather interesting topic,and funny this is the first post i read in a long time on ur blog.. that too when i had put ur site in my blog graveyard (hidden links) as u has stopped blogging a while ago.

By: Shefaly

Shefaly — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:01:44 +0000

Mahendra, in my post which you linked, I mention not leaving transactions open for people. I think the social arrangement right now is for the friends and family to approach social networks and inform them of the death. LI for instance needs proof of death and will then suspend the account or remove it. In her case, it was a road accident so that was easy but I did not want to do it myself. So I informed the college..

By: Mahendra

Mahendra — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:00:11 +0000

Thanks Shefaly. Informing the college was quite conscientious of you. This is a real issue, but one that hasn’t been addressed by anyone yet.

By: Shefaly

Shefaly — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:49:25 +0000

Mahendra: I posted this on Twitter. You raise a super valid point and recently someone in my college in Cambridge died and I sent a note to the college to enable them to inform LinkedIn about it.