It is indeed a horrible experience to surrender your landline connection with BSNL. You have to take a day's leave at office to complete the formalities.
1. Pay the outstanding bill at any BSNL Exchange Counter or Authorized Banks or Online. Pay it online if you have to avoid queues.
2. Take the receipt to the Commercial Officer, along with a letter to surrender your connection. The CO is not seated in the same building as the Exchange office. There are CO's for every area in Chennai, and it is at your interest that you have to find the CO for your region.
3. You will not meet the CO, but only the staff. The staff is authorized to sign on behalf of the CO. The staff will give a receipt for surrender, after checking the outstanding payment.
4. Now, you have to take this surrender receipt to the Exchange Office, in-charge of your area. ( For West Mambalam, it is Ashok Nagar 53rd Street, the CO office is at Kodambakkam ). You should also carry the deposit receipt ( i am sure, no one would know where this receipt is ), the directory and the instrument. It is altogether a different story if you dont have the deposit receipt with you. You have to write a letter to the Area Manager stating that you have surrendered the phone and request to refund the deposit. This Area Manager is seated somewhere else and you have to find out his whereabouts.
5. Now, that you have surrendered everything from BSNL, you have to wait for 60 days to get the deposit back.
Wuff... it is better not to have landline connection, in an era of wireless technology...
Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Who is blessed?
My younger brother's marriage happened 3 months before mine and my sister-in-law was at home for almost a month. She was born and brought up in Pondicherry, working as a teacher in a Govt school. So, she was juggling between Chennai and Pondi. Those were the golden moments in my life. We used to pick up a fight for every other thing at home, and my brother would judge us. You know the result already - he will take her side.. ( it has to be naturally ).
It was that day in Jan 2008, when she was confirmed pregnant. U know, the house was like heaven, calls pouring in, no one at home knew what they were doing, the first in our family... there are no words to explain this now, you have to undergo that to know how it was..
When the angel was born in Sep 2008, our happiness knew no bounds, as she was the first girl child after 75 yrs in our family. She still carries and has to carry all the attention from us. But what is the use?
She is in Pondy and we in Chennai. No one at home is able to enjoy her play, she is not here to cry, she is not here to laugh, she is not here to throw the things out of their place, she is not here to slap me, she is not here to bite my nose, she is not here to console me with a kiss when i am burnt or when i am sad.
Leave alone all the blessings the lord showers on us, there is no blessing without the angel around. She is the world to us at home, but she is not around. Wealth, health, prosperity etc etc.. are not the real blessings showered. It is this happiness and the one dearest to your heart, which has to happen, to show that you are really blessed.
None of the elders at home, neither the angel's dad and mom, know how it is to me, when she is not around. It is a blessing in disguise to see your children grow, but none at home are blessed.. that way, i am a loser.. Dont you think so? That way, i think all at home, are cursed.. what say you?
It was that day in Jan 2008, when she was confirmed pregnant. U know, the house was like heaven, calls pouring in, no one at home knew what they were doing, the first in our family... there are no words to explain this now, you have to undergo that to know how it was..
When the angel was born in Sep 2008, our happiness knew no bounds, as she was the first girl child after 75 yrs in our family. She still carries and has to carry all the attention from us. But what is the use?
She is in Pondy and we in Chennai. No one at home is able to enjoy her play, she is not here to cry, she is not here to laugh, she is not here to throw the things out of their place, she is not here to slap me, she is not here to bite my nose, she is not here to console me with a kiss when i am burnt or when i am sad.
Leave alone all the blessings the lord showers on us, there is no blessing without the angel around. She is the world to us at home, but she is not around. Wealth, health, prosperity etc etc.. are not the real blessings showered. It is this happiness and the one dearest to your heart, which has to happen, to show that you are really blessed.
None of the elders at home, neither the angel's dad and mom, know how it is to me, when she is not around. It is a blessing in disguise to see your children grow, but none at home are blessed.. that way, i am a loser.. Dont you think so? That way, i think all at home, are cursed.. what say you?
Monday, March 22, 2010
A trip to Poovarasankuppam
Me started off from Tambaram at 6:00Am to Poovarasankuppam(PK). It was my first visit to this place. It is a village, 18km from Villupuram, with limited bus services.
How to reach PK :
By Car : The most easiest and fastest way to commute, Touch Villupuram town and take the Villupuram - Pondy route. Keep travelling by road until you reach Siruvandhadu. PK is 3km from this Siruvandhadu (famous for Pattu ).
By Bus : The most difficult one. Reach Villupuram by Bus and buses to PK are limited. One at 9:30AM, the other one around 4:30PM. If you miss the first one at 9:30, you have to take the Villupuram - Pondy bus through Madukkarai. Take another bus to reach Siruvandhadu and take a share auto to reach PK.
By Train : The most comfortable one. There are train services to Villupuram, but you will definitely miss the 9:30 bus to PK. So, by all means, Car is the best way to reach PK.
Now, what is so special about PK? PK is the abode for Lord Lakshmi Narasimhar. This temple was supposed to be built in the 7th Century by Narasimha Varma Pallavan. The goddess is seated on HIS lap and looks at him through the right eye, while the left eye looks at the devotees. This is supposed to be a rare seating posture of the god and the goddess. She is supposed to forward the application put forth by the devotees to the Lord.
The Lord is supposed to have come down on his anger after killing Hiranyakashipu, at the request of Prahalad and the Goddess. Rishis, who were hiding in this place, fearing the rakshasa, wanted to see the Lord in his 'Shantha Avatar'. This shrine is the central one among 8 shrines for Lakshmi Narasimhar - the other 7 being Singar Kudi, Andhili, Sholingur, Namakkal, Singaperumal kovil, Parikkal and Chinthalvadi.
The sanctum sanctorum is very small and the moola vigraha of the lord is not more than 45 cms. All short vigrahams of any lord are considered to be more powerful.
Now, How did i reach there?
Took a UD bus to Villupuram from Tambaram. Reached at 9:25 AM. Luckily, a bus to PK was waiting and the driver took off at 9:45. Reached the temple at 11:00AM, the bus passing through roads not more than 2 m wide, with trucks and lorries on the other side, the roads with all ups and downs.
What did i do there & thereafter?
Offered prayers and came out of the temple at 11:30AM. Took a share auto to reach Siruvandhadu, alighted a bus to Koliyanur Coot Road ( a log of wood kept over a box near the conductor seat fell on my right foot - making the experience to this temple more memorable ), alighted another bus to Villupuram. Wuff, then had our lunch at a Veg hotel opposite to Villupuram bus stand, missing 2 UDs and 1 AC bus to Chennai. Boarded a bus to Chennai at 1:30PM and reached Tambaram at 4:45PM
Now, why did i visit this temple ?
Just to say, thanks, for all the blessings the lord has showered on me.
Who told me about this temple ?
My Friend's father-in-law, Mr. V. Srinivasan, when i visited him at Dubai.
What did i gain out of this visit ?
Should i dare to think about the Gain or loss having said that the lord has showered all his blessings on me?
Well, this is my first blog and will start blogging frequently.
How to reach PK :
By Car : The most easiest and fastest way to commute, Touch Villupuram town and take the Villupuram - Pondy route. Keep travelling by road until you reach Siruvandhadu. PK is 3km from this Siruvandhadu (famous for Pattu ).
By Bus : The most difficult one. Reach Villupuram by Bus and buses to PK are limited. One at 9:30AM, the other one around 4:30PM. If you miss the first one at 9:30, you have to take the Villupuram - Pondy bus through Madukkarai. Take another bus to reach Siruvandhadu and take a share auto to reach PK.
By Train : The most comfortable one. There are train services to Villupuram, but you will definitely miss the 9:30 bus to PK. So, by all means, Car is the best way to reach PK.
Now, what is so special about PK? PK is the abode for Lord Lakshmi Narasimhar. This temple was supposed to be built in the 7th Century by Narasimha Varma Pallavan. The goddess is seated on HIS lap and looks at him through the right eye, while the left eye looks at the devotees. This is supposed to be a rare seating posture of the god and the goddess. She is supposed to forward the application put forth by the devotees to the Lord.
The Lord is supposed to have come down on his anger after killing Hiranyakashipu, at the request of Prahalad and the Goddess. Rishis, who were hiding in this place, fearing the rakshasa, wanted to see the Lord in his 'Shantha Avatar'. This shrine is the central one among 8 shrines for Lakshmi Narasimhar - the other 7 being Singar Kudi, Andhili, Sholingur, Namakkal, Singaperumal kovil, Parikkal and Chinthalvadi.
The sanctum sanctorum is very small and the moola vigraha of the lord is not more than 45 cms. All short vigrahams of any lord are considered to be more powerful.
Now, How did i reach there?
Took a UD bus to Villupuram from Tambaram. Reached at 9:25 AM. Luckily, a bus to PK was waiting and the driver took off at 9:45. Reached the temple at 11:00AM, the bus passing through roads not more than 2 m wide, with trucks and lorries on the other side, the roads with all ups and downs.
What did i do there & thereafter?
Offered prayers and came out of the temple at 11:30AM. Took a share auto to reach Siruvandhadu, alighted a bus to Koliyanur Coot Road ( a log of wood kept over a box near the conductor seat fell on my right foot - making the experience to this temple more memorable ), alighted another bus to Villupuram. Wuff, then had our lunch at a Veg hotel opposite to Villupuram bus stand, missing 2 UDs and 1 AC bus to Chennai. Boarded a bus to Chennai at 1:30PM and reached Tambaram at 4:45PM
Now, why did i visit this temple ?
Just to say, thanks, for all the blessings the lord has showered on me.
Who told me about this temple ?
My Friend's father-in-law, Mr. V. Srinivasan, when i visited him at Dubai.
What did i gain out of this visit ?
Should i dare to think about the Gain or loss having said that the lord has showered all his blessings on me?
Well, this is my first blog and will start blogging frequently.
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