Amazing India

I had just returned from some of the coldest places on earth and was wandering in the sunny streets of Hyderabad for a Stupid goverment ink stamp . This is known as an attestation from a Class I officer and that was required for your own photo.The hunt was because of my sister's application for a govt job. Conspicuosly we were not able to tag the stamp on the form till the last date. Failing to find a willing govt gazetted officer in our housing complex we thought we will hit the govt offices but invain we either ended up on "un-willing" officers or the peon-filter who never allowed us inside. This was not the first time I came across this and this would have probably been the similar disappointment at the becreautic set up across the length and breadth of the country. Another similar incident was in Mumbai once in 2002. I was needed to enter the most guarded science fotress in Mumbai and they wanted me to provide my details on a 20 rupee "stamp paper" with some authorised signature . I probably learnt marathi on that day as all the public servants were barking at me in the language I never understood- suddenly I realised I am in the film " Deewar" and everyone else is Amitabh Bachan shouting at me " Jao jake pehle uska sign leke aao...."

A stamp paper at that time was frm telgi's house or a stamp on the photo may be w/o seeing the person itself- we cling to all stupid things and it has become genetically indian.

At the end my best friend had always been a nimboo pani ( whom u find only in India) which makes me feel "amazing" at the end.

Who says India is diversified???- It so united and similar !!