> b: Take to the streets, shut the whole place down.> > c: Go beat up the post-master. > > I would now invite the befuddled Netters to examine which of the above > seems to be an appropriate tack?
Hi C'da: You might consider me as another befuddled one. :) I won't say it would be appropriate, but if you go by history, there is a possibility that some WILL consider these 2 tacks only. > 1: It is obvious that ONE arm of the Central govt. has failed in its duty > of delivering the mail in the manner it has promised the people. That in > itself is NOT a sin,or a crime meriting a federal case. It could have been > an accident. The mail truck from the PO to the airport could have been > washed away by flood waters. THe mail-deliverer might have used it to cook > his dinner. Whatever. That is India - and very much Assam too, isn't it? You can't be sure of anything! I do have full sympathy for those kids. Hope something good (even better) happen to each of them, and also they get a better chance to serve BHARAT MATA, even if it is not this year, and if not through NDA.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Rajib Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:09 AM Subject: Re: Snail Mail: Postal Department, India > That was a very good explantaion, Amlan. > > > But needs a couple of additional explanations to clear it up for our > befuddled friends: > > > > 1: It is obvious that ONE arm of the Central govt. has failed in its duty > of delivering the mail in the manner it has promised the people. That in > itself is NOT a sin,or a crime meriting a federal case. It could have been > an accident. The mail truck from the PO to the airport could have been > washed away by flood waters. THe mail-deliverer might have used it to cook > his dinner. Whatever. > > 2: But for the UPSC, another arm of the all knowing, all powerful Central > god of the nation, to have ignored the appeal to re-consider the issue, > even though its sibling, the postal dept. caused the problem for the > students; is unconcionable. > > 3: Those who are entrusted with the powers, in this instance the many armed > god, OWNER of two arms involved, must be held responsible, ACCOUNTABLE. If > that does not happen, the whole exercise is MEANINGLESS. > > > Now how do the citizenry extract accountability? > > > a: By going to a reliable forum, where after a trustworthy and competent > investigation would establish guilt or innocence and if guilty would assess > damages, and may either recommend redress of the grievances or award > damages. > > b: Take to the streets, shut the whole place down. > > c: Go beat up the post-master. > > d: Call Assam Netters to judge. > > > I would now invite the befuddled Netters to examine which of the above > seems to be an appropriate tack? And if none above, perhaps something else? > I am not going to point out the right answer here, because if the befuddled > pick the right ones themselves, they would have ownership of the > decision--and therby will be a far better means of selling the idea ( > thanks to my management seminar fundas here!) > > 4: I don't recall ANYONE, much less the perennial offender, yours truly; > who has claimed in THIS instance, that it was a case of discriminating > against the Assamese. It is either a case of serious reading/comprehension > deficiency or a case of some variation of bi-polar disorder causing hearing > of voices not sopken ( Dr. Tilok, any comments, if you are listening ?). > > I did however raise the possibility that the clerks-from-hell, the suck-up > and piss down bunch, who are not only expected to be able to read the > rule-books but also are expected to be able to exercise good judgement and > are paid to SERVE the citizenry with their tax rupees, might have iognored > the appeals, because the appealers were nobodies--just a bunch of losers > from Assam. If it were a bunch of students from DElhi, I do believe the > response might have been somewhat more thoughtful. I raise that possibility > because of my willingness to be observant and what I have seen. > > > cm :-) > > > > > At 5:05 PM +0800 8/30/02, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ From: Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > [ Date: Aug 30, 2002 07:04 (-0000) ] > > > > > Does the postal department in your home country take > > > the responsibility of ensuring delivery of your > > > normal mail? As in provide a GUARANTEE? A service > > > >An emphatic NO. The postal department of any country, in their > >right minds, would not "guarantee" the delivery of mail. > >Keeping that in mind that, if you had an urgent and important > >document to be sent, what would you do ? Turn to some such > >service which can provide a guarantee of sorts as far as the time > >of delivery is concerned, would you not ? I would presume that > >this is exactly why, as you mentioned, you would think of Fedex. > > > >And so, coming back to the case at hand, they, just as you would, > >did send it through a service, which for all its claims, is a > >service that can be construed to be something like Fedex. As you > >would think of Fedex as the first thing when you have to send > >something urgently, some people in India can be forgiven for > >thinking of "Speedpost" in a similar manner. And, as far as I > >remember (that was 10 years back), it did claim to be able to > >deliver your mail anywhere in India within 3 working days. And > >you do pay a price for it - I remember paying INR 150 to > >"Speedpost" a document (that was 10 years back). > > > >With that in mind, if you were to send an important document via > >Fedex and had a similar result, what would you do ? I guess then > >the normal thing would be for you to ask for compensation from > >Fedex, notwithstanding the fact that Fedex would have probably > >made you sign off on an agreement form to the effect that they > >would only expend "all reasonable means" to deliver your document > >on time, unless of course you have insured your document. But, > >your case will have some ground in a court because you can argue > >that you have used the "Fedex-like" service and NOT the normal > >mail primarily because of the service's claims and that in doing > >so you have been misled, because had it not been for it's claims, > >you would have filled up your forms way ahead of the deadline > >knowing jolly well that normal post would take a much longer > >time. > > > >Having said that, I agree with your other points and I do NOT > >subscribe to the hypotheses that this is yet another classic case > >of step-motherly treatment for Assam and that there is a > >conspiracy at play. > > > >/amlan. >
