Posted on December 31st, 2008 by Amrit
…in no particular order.
I acted in short films by budding movie-makers. I got my passport. I did professional plays – one in Bangalore and another one in Chennai. I went abroad. I had booze inside an air-craft. I visited Ahmadabad, Andaman, London, Leeds, Bhubaneswar, Lonavala and Nainital. I traveled in a train in somebody else’s name. I was asked to show my i-card when I was traveling in somebody else’s name. I played paint-ball. I saw corals inside sea. I boozed with brother. I turned into a vegetarian. I passed out of IIT with two degrees. I cooked chawal, daal, roti and sabji. I started working as a consultant. I started living in my own flat in Chennai with my best friend (although for a short while). I got mom a washing machine. Shitoons got mention in three different newspapers in three different cities. A book whose cover I designed got published. I grew a six-pack. I shaved my chest and tummy and arm-pits. I ran more than 300 kilometers. I got my first suit stitched. I flew more number of times this year than I had done between my birth and 2007 end. I donated money for flood-relief. I kissed and made out (with a girl).
…not bad.
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Posted on December 31st, 2008 by Amrit
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So now you know how I spent my 2008 Christmas!
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Posted on December 29th, 2008 by Amrit
I got an internal company-mail just now which I think should be made available on my blog, verbatim, for everyone to read:
Government of India has an online Grievance forum at http://pgportal.gov.in Can you imagine this is happening in INDIA?
The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc.
Many of us say that these things don’t work in India. Couple of months back, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation laid new roads in his area and the residents were very happy about it. But 2 weeks later, BSNL dug up the newly laid roads to install new cables which annoyed all the residents. A resident used the above listed grievance forum to highlight his concern. To his surprise, BSNL and Municipal Corporation of Faridabad were served a show cause notice and the guy received a copy of the notice in one week. Government has asked the MC and BSNL about the goof up as it’s clear that both the government departments were not in sync at all.
So use this grievance forum and educate others who don’t know about this facility. This way we can at least raise our concerns instead of just talking about the ‘System’ in India.
Invite your friends to contribute for many such happenings.
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Posted on December 29th, 2008 by Amrit
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So now you know, how lovely, rocking, amazingly exciting and full-of-fun my evenings in Bhubaneswar are.
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