“Certified Passport Form Submitter"

It’s a very well start of the year 2010, I came home at 10am from my cousin room where I been to their to celebrate the new year day.

Last evening of 2009 i.e. 31^st Dec 2009, I shared the time with Mahesh. We both together watch the 3 idiot movie at Ledo cinema hall where we had very good fun and we did all the non sense what we use to do when we are together in room.

In cinema hall, in front row teenage girls group were sitting, we just did all type of non sense (mean teasing them, chit chatting etc etc )but we didn’t misbehave cause we got good response from them.

After that, as craze I got in long drive… Ledo cinema hall to guru room .. distance of 18 -20 km.

We didn’t had dinner that night, As my mom told on Jan 1^st 2010 chandra grahana will start from 12.10am to 1.25am , before that we can eat food or elese after morning bath we are allowed to eat food. So the time we came out, no restaurant are opened and fortunately we saw a bakery opened near guru room, we had some veg stuff before grahana starts and reach guru room at 12.10am to wish him a new year, he was surprise to see me their because he was sleeping at that moment . It was good to wish him at that moment.

Then back to Mahesh room , the time I got sleep was around 2.00 am

The very first day I am on duty of my personal life.

Since from last two years may be I hope from 2007 i had planned to have my passport to be done but the laziness made me to kill these Irretrievable days. I had thrice taken the passport form from the post office; twice I filled it but not submitted because of my weakness on the subject i.e. Money is not their, will do it this Saturday, address is incorrect, no proper document bla bla bla.... but never took firm decision to make this up......

What ever may be reason but i failed in that to make the plan to be alive.....

So this year I made a resolution that " Not to take the step back of my DREAMS "

Early morning after having breakfast, I rushed to post office to know what are the documents need to be submitted and so i went straight to the passport issuing counter and i picked up one passport form from her and took all the necessary detail to log a form.

* Address proff

* Identity Proff

* Age proff

* and three passport size photo with white background

Then i was happy at the moment ... i thought... " Its all their na MAN...y to b worry ? "

But the passport photo with white background was too old and even i don't had the single copy of that  ...  " then what budy ? " i ask my self....

Then i remembered that i had a soft copy of that photo, so i rushed home ," Oh shit its already 11am Man ? ", i don't want to screw up my first day of year 2010, i drive my 100cc bike starcity as 150cc pulsar bike, i search my CD bag for the soft copy, so lastly I found it …. Rushed to the RK color lab to take print….

I was impression that they will give the photo in 1 hour, with out enquiring any detail I given the soft copy and money then lastly for formality sake I asked him that “ At what time u will give these prints ?” the answer from that shopkeeper was 1.30 pm. I was shocked…. 3.30pm the passport counter of post office will close and then I was thinking what mistake I did… I couldn’t speak up before I give the order for the shopkeeper… I assume a lot and I was shy about to know the information … “shit man … Fuck off, y I did again…?” these all words run in mind but I couldn’t express in front of shopkeeper because my ego and dumb didn’t let me to do this…

Very sadly I came back home and I kept quite, and began to read the novel “ YOU CAN WIN by Shiv Kher”, and i got some interest on that… started to realize where I gone wrong…. my relative came home but still all my mind was on time…. At 1 pm I gone to shop keeper to ask the copies but it didn’t came because these RK color lab have more than 10 location in Bangalore and have single head unit for printing, so some one has gone to their head unit to collect these photos and that person is still not yet came, so I came back home, I finish my lunch and again I gone to them at 1.40pm to check the copies but still that person hadn’t came… I waited for few minutes at 1.45pm the person came to me and given the copies to me, from their I run towards post office … it was 2.10pm when I reached their.

First I filled the form , but in address filling place I did mistake so I took a new fresh form to refill it…. I think by that time I had good experience in filling that form and been awarded from my self mind to be a “Certified Passport Form Submitter”.. ha ha ha

I need to be thankful for that officer who patiently checking my mistakes and rectifying the form although her working hours are over.

I was happy to see my first victory over my negligence…. I felt as though I won the war or awarded for my special work….

It was a special day for me….. 1^st Jan 2010

After 5-6 days, I saw the acknowledgement copies which was given by that officer against paying the fee INR 1000 for the passport apply, their I noticed that spelling mistake had occurred in my address column… i.e. Instead of srinivasa niliya it was written sriinivas niliya…. “n” is missing in that , I got tens on that… i check with my few friends with this … but I didn’t convinced on their suggestion ….

After 10 days, I got a call from Girinagar, police station for police verification which is a part of process in the passport issue… so when I got their and asked them about the mistake happen in acknowledge copy and they told “what is written in your form will be consider in the passport nothing else will be seen, so don’t be worried”…

I got bit relief and hoping for the best, I am waiting eagerly to see my passport with out any error….

Regards,

Chinmaya Radhakrishna
Dt : 26^th Jan 2010

Beggar I met

Four year back on a working day, I was travelling in a local transporter of Bangalore i.e. in BMTC bus where i met with an strange incident which i can't forget it. As usual, bus was fully crowded with a passenger, no place to stand and i am travelling from mahadevapura bus stop to kormanagala via outer ring road. A conductor was busy in ticketing and as usual i am searching to get a chance for the place to sit. It was just 10 minute over a strange person get inside the bus where the whole environment of bus was changed. All the passenger starring him like any thing, some are scolding, some are going away from him, some are scolding the conductor to get that person inside the bus, and the funny thing is in that fully crowded place people are finding places to go away from that strange person. because he was an " BEGGAR ", smelling very badly, dress are toured, hairs are not combed, any one can say that this person had not taken a bath for a years.....fortunately i was forced to stand with him because of huge crowd in the bus and i was already late to my work, so i can’t get down from the bus to catch other one. I too start to scold every one, my fate, my time sense, the bus, my office timing, my roommate etc etc...Then the conductor came near to me and he was asking me that where you would like to go? My answer was

 ”Already i am their in HELL cause of this person, you have any other HELL than this”

Gentleman’s near to me were laughing and they were nagging their head and saying “its true... "

But that poor guy didn't reply anything.... for our nuisance

Because for him “its a daily routine to hear a words from others "

Now the time has come where i couldn't forget that in my life. Conductor was shouting on that beggar " You don't have the single penny in your pocket and want to have travel in this 8 lakh rupees public transport, get down from the bus and leave the place for others  and don't start begging in this bus "

Suddenly gentleman's laughing disappeared and all their heads are down. Beggar stretch his arm full of coins and asked conductor to give a ticket. He was carrying a coins more than the ticket value, conductor was ashamed on his did, he was forced by beggar to take the coins for a ticket and  as it is a profession he act according to that and he left from that place full of ashamed. The moment I saw this I realize my mistake, I understood that every living body has their own place in their life and a own self respect too, no one is perfect and no one is under estimated. The bus was filled with surprise and it was salient for long. When the stop came for beggar all left the place for him, some left the place cause of ashamed and some by respect. The beggar gets down from the bus but he left a silent message in every one heart. He became great for every one.

I hope like me u have came across some beggar like this... so please be kind full for every one whom u meet.

Regards,

chinmaya radhakrishna

Dt: 25^th oct 2009