Why we should not be afraid of taking risks
Why we should not be afraid of taking risks P Rajagopal Tampi This is a true story of the initial risks I have taken in my second career and how they panned out in my life. In July 1997, as an Indian Navy Captain, 41 years of age, I had returned to India from Nigeria where I had completed my tenure as the Defence Advisor at the Indian High Commissions in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana. I had already put up my premature retirement from Service application seven months ago to Naval Headquarters. The Chief of Personnel, then Vice Admiral Arun Prakash had assured me that after a cooling period of three months in India, my premature retirement application would be approved by the Ministry of Defence and Naval Headquarters and I would be free to leave the service. I waited patiently for three months. When the papers were not cleared even after three months, as is my wont, I decided to push my papers by myself. I was busy for the next three months pushing my papers till they were ...