No.. I was not convicted for "mental harassment by means of insane, immature, nonsensical permutations of the 'Oh! Too Few' English Alphabet; under the name of 'Blogging'" .. Or.. At least "Not Yet!"..
I was asked to be present at the J C Nagar Police Station by 11:00 AM in the morning on a lazy, beautiful Bangalore Sunday for a police verification as part of the Passport 'Acquiring' Process (Or was he supposed to come down to my place to see if I really lived in the place I reported to the GoI?!). Any which way, A Sunday of one of the two had to be ruined; even worse, could be the fate of Sundays of both!
IST ( read Indian Standard Time ), has a distinct and real meaning many know but don't recognize. Indian Standard Time actually includes a factor "( + X where X >= 15 minutes )" in addition to the precise mathematical figure. We Indians adore it here; and the in-charge of the Passport wing was a proud and true Indian! More so, owing to the lazy Sunday.
" Excuses are the most abundant, natural, renewable resources mankind has ever had. "
I had to endure a factor of 2X at the beautiful place. ( Now take the Sunday as the default excuse hereafter ) The in-charge arrived and the actual IST had arrived ( Or was it a mistake on the part of Mr. IST that he arrived 30 minutes early??!! ).
The verification began; not with the details of my residence, but his birthplace instead. The reason; my surname matched the name of one village close to his hometown. 12:00PM , not into the actual business yet!? ( Need I mention the excuse again?) I observed though; that 2 criminals had disappeared from the lock-up in the meantime! ( Oh no! I really did not mean they 'escaped', some short and swift legal procedure saw them out ).
5 document-proofs were thoroughly examined; all looked true and proper. Time for some 'baksheesh'(Need I explain; just consider the backdrop and you ll not need an explanation). 1:00 PM and the Sunday was over.
No point cribbing folks!
Cheer up..
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