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Passport Office - Part 4
The Fees queue in an adjoining hall was a joke. 25-30 people crowding around, and a person softly speaking the names - almost inaudibly. And if you did not show up then, your file went to the bottom of the queue and you were reprimanded if you asked questions. A mother of a young baby [...]
Published: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:23 +0000
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Passport Office - Part 3
My patience was wearing thin. As I looked around, I saw mothers with 6-month old babies sitting on the floor. After some time, I too squatted on the floor - during their 50-minute lunch break. After lunch, when the single processor situation did not change, I went to some of the staff and spoke sternly. [...]
Published: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:53 +0000
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Passport Office - Part 2
In the queue in front of me, there were about 50 people. There was one queue and one “document processor.” In Sholay dialogue style, “Hum Pachas The, aur Woh Sirf Ek.” Twenty minutes into the queue, I realised that the rate of clearing one person was about 6 minutes. Which means, I would be standing [...]
Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:03 +0000
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Passport Office - Part 1
About a month ago, I went to the Passport office to get a new passport. My passport was actually valid for 4 more years. When it was issued in 2004, I had asked for a Jumbo (64-page vs 32-page) booklet. They didn’t do that. As a result, all the pages were used up by the [...]
Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:34 +0000
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Attending Gov 2.0 in Washington this week
I will be in Washington this week attending the Gov 2.0 Summit. From the introduction: Gov 2.0 Summit brings together innovators from government and the private sector to highlight technology and ideas that can be applied to the nation?s great challenges. In areas as diverse as education, health care, energy, jobs, and financial [...]
Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:15 +0000
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Blog Past: Telling A Story
From a blog post a year ago: Over the years, I have realised the importance of being able to tell a story of what one is doing in a manner that is simple and compact. It doesn?t always start that way. On my recent US trip, I had a slide deck talking about [...]
Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:19 +0000
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Weekend Reading
This week’s links: Are you a Coach or a Player: by Vineet Nayar. “A big mistake happening across corporates around the world. The CEO and managers refuse to give up control because they still think they are Maradonas.” The Third Replicator: by Susan Blackmore in the New York Times. “Imitation is not just some new [...]
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:49 +0000
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Palitana - Part 5
Through the trip, I couldn’t help thinking about the role of religion in our life. As my in-laws told stories from the origins of Jainism to Abhishek, I realised how little I knew about the founding principles and philosophy of my own religion. It is something that needs to be corrected. Even [...]
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:35 +0000
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Palitana - Part 4
Palitana is a town of temples. The entire local economy is centred around the constant stream of pilgrims throughout the year. The new cars mingle freely with the horse carriages - it is a mirror of an India which exists in multiple decades simultaneously. Part of the charm lay in the dharamshala we [...]
Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:33 +0000
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Palitana - Part 3
Climbing down after spending 3-odd hours in the temples at the top was much easier. But one had to be quite careful to ensure one didn’t slip given the slightly wet ground. The excitement of reaching the foothills increased with each step down. The climb up had taken me an hour [...]
Published: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:32 +0000
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