AMMORES PASSPORTES…..

Now this is interesting……I am finally elated that after months of delay….due to technical reasons(huh…technical)..i applied for the passport….

N usherin India In the 21^st century…one is quite bogged down wid the IT hoopla n

e-governance associated wid it…huh..bottomline…they have SIMPLIFIED(?) the PROCESS..by online application procedure.

I was pleased wid the online form which gave exact time of appointment…

Ppl…the form gives u a time at which u have to report to submit the form..

I dreamt of the simple way of appplyin for passport..

My dream:

1) passport office is least crowded ….since u have APPOINTMENT..u dnt worry about LINE n stuff…

2) POLITE customer representatives guiding the the lay-man wid the required documents.

3) The atmosphere is pleasing…the wall posters show pics of various international cities n u stand there dreaming a plane to catch for the same…

Huh….but my dream was conspired against n not fulfilled,

courtesy Ministry of external affairs,Govt. of India.

REALITY:

1) passport office was ballooning wid ppl….u must have visit there to see just how many ppl wanna fly outta here…the line was a serpentine queue…like some rationing line…or someone said “ morning call” line in a chawl….

2) The officers there …..hmm…they belong to class knwn as “ impoliteness in our blood”…HELP is the last thing they can ever do…

Added monstrosity: u have to get a sign on ur documents frm a short thick man wid Charlie moustache…”decendant of HITLER” is written on his face….like a crazy bull-dog he BARKS on every person who goes 2 him….an agent said to me “if he doesn bark at u, b aassured that ur form is gonna get rejected…”

3) the office is crowded….wid the police shoving us…like we r some bhaiyya

gettinng down frm some mahanagri express…again POLITENESS is the word of

the day…

RESULT:

after 3 hours in the line….n 2 n half hours after my scheduled time…I finally reached the counter….the clock showed “LUNCH TIME”…I for the first time in my life …started prayin fervently..to delay the lunch time…

N GOODNESS GRACIOUS SAKES ALIVE….the lady behind the counter smiled……n like some goddess in some ramanand sagar serial….said “ child ,dnt worry, I will do it”… was I hearing right?…at the moment I felt all the pain against sloth government offices vanish ….i had found a person defyin government standards…I felt like rewardin her with 100 bucks…(but I rerfrained frm doing it as dat wud considerd BRIBE)…my work was done…n went straight to a hotel for a treat.

CONCLUSION

Our mother India loves us very much…n our government (ministry of external affairs) plays like a big brother n helps our mother from not parting away wid her children(dats us) to other mothers(dats other countries we aim 4).

.As a part of the plan…it complicates the passport process…

one has to be really determined to clear dat hurdle…

I cleared it….may GOD give u the strength ..