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of Nasiarikully was an educational officer of high rank, Headmaster of the Hare School in Calcutta, the premier school in Bengal. Sir Alfred Croft, a former Director of Public Instruction in the province, spoke of him as a man of high ability in his profession and character. The story here is an instance of his conscientiousness.

A life insurance agent marked Akshoy Babu as a likely client and stuck to him. He begged him to insure his life through his agency and lectured him off and on on the necessity of making some provision for his little children and the ease and expediency of life insurance. “But I should have a sound body to have my life accepted by your company? I do not have it. I have kidney troubles.” “Have you?“ answered the eager agent, “don’t bother about