Posts Tagged ‘ India Insight & Beyond ’

Passport for minor in India

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Passport for minor in India

As promised I am back to lock horn again with the Passport office. Three years back I had a tough time to reissue passport after expiry of 10 years. But this time its for my sweetheart little baby. She now has a Date of Birth Certificate , a Pan Card and a Postage Stamp of her own Next target to get her the passport. Though the best source for information on procedure, documents required, FAQs on the topic would be the Delhi passport office website but still here’s my personal experience which might be helpful for you guys. Step 1 :...

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Incomplete map of India on google

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Incomplete map of India on google

Totally condemn the way Google repeatedly treat the map of India. J & K is and will remain integral part of India. And , not showing it part of any other country also is not solution.  Correct your maps Google.

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bow to the god of cinema – Rajnikanth

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bow to the god of cinema – Rajnikanth

A big bow to god of cinema – Rajnikant. Here’s the collection of trivia of Rajnikant (collected from across the web) RAJNIKANTH’s next movie is going to be called ” TWITTER” …. He’s going to play all 140 characters in it ! Stats point that #Endhiran car parking collection is greater than Anjaana Anjaani’s box office collection!! Rajanikanth makes onions cry Rajanikanth can delete the Recycle Bin. Ghosts are actually caused by Rajanikanth killing people faster than Death can process them. Rajanikanth can build a snowman….. out of rain. Rajanikanth can strangle you with a cordless phone. Rajanikanth can...

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Pan Card for Tisya

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Pan Card for Tisya

Tisya got her Pan Card issued on  at the age of Four Month and Nine Days (09 June 210). By far this has has been the most wonderful experience of mine dealing with any government agency or should I say the only agency which offered a truly world class service experience. I applied pan card for my four month old daughter (Tisya Singhal) online through NSDL. The form seems to be very simple and self explanatory. As my daughter is minor Pan was applied on her behalf by representative (her mother) The fee for the pan card is Rs...

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Neemrana Fort palace, Rajasthan

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Neemrana Fort palace, Rajasthan

Few months back, we picked up Neemrana Fort Palace for a weekend get away trip from Gurgaon. I have some kind of facinations for the Palaces & forts and Neemrana is the closed fort in Rajasthan from Gurgaon, some 80 km from IGI Airport. We booked a stay for a night there in Hari Vilas (Lord Vishnu’ adobe) , one of the rooms being offered from the heritage property. The deal – One night stay @ INR 5000 excluding the buffet lunch (INR 600) and dinner (INR 700). We opted for this room for three primary reasons a) This room is...

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Traffic light for footover bridge in gurgaon !

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Traffic light for footover bridge in gurgaon !

This can happen only here in India. We know how to ulitize all the resources to fullest and look forward to accept new challenges. Look at the images below I clicked of foot over bridge meant for pedestrian in millenium city, gurgaon. No hurry at all – Guy seems to be attending a call from home  Wow ! such a good negotiater of sharp turns Pedestrian should be given adverse travel advisory for crossing expressway by footover bridge build in gurgaon. Or considering the amount of motor vehicles goverment should put up traffic lights up there. Or better lets have...

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I am a club hopper now

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I am a club hopper now

Just other day while checking mails on my Nokia E63, I noticed an invitation to a B’day bash of my dear friend Vivek Bhatia . I replied promptly for two reasons : a)  I was too excited to meet old bunch of friends from Time of India after a really long time.  b) Wanted to check , how does ‘send from my mobile device’ appears in my mail signature So on the D day, we (me and wify) found ourselves the first one to turn out at Turquoise Cottage, Vasant Vihar as usual following the date and time on...

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Trip to Leh (Ladhakh) Part II

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  Day 3. We came across snow for the first time On the way to this beautiful and frozen Pangong Tso (or Pangong Lake; Tso: Ladakhi for lake). It is 120 Km long lake with one third of the lake falling into Indian territory and rest in China. The temperature was freezing cold literally and wind were blowing hard. Our first stop was at the army post of Zingral @ 15500 ft. Few interesting things on the way (see images) a) White house b) Frozen drain c) J & K Bank (Just 38 Km away) By the time we...

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