it seems vodafone accepts only two documents as address proof - voter card and driving license. no rental agreement and no bank pass book.
this means that it's impossible for someone who has recently moved to the city to get a vodafone connection.
and on their site, they mention a list of some 10 documents. both rental agreement and bank pass book figure in that list.
initially i thought, it was just one vendor taking extra care. but this was confirmed by 2-3 more, with one even saying that the vodafone people returned an application that had a bank pass book xerox as address proof!
what logic is this?
[i'm writing to the jharkhand customer care cell. let's see if the famous 'happy to help' slogan works :P]
July 20, 2009
July 18, 2009
July 16, 2009
1-to-1 relationship
एक तारे से मैंने पूछा
डरते नही भीड़ में
छोटी सी बाती ले
उजले समंदर में
उसने कहा:
साथी एक धरती पर
मैं अकेला नही यहाँ
मेरा ख्याल है उसे
राह तकता वो मेरी वहां
मैं बुझ गया तो
उसे ख़बर हो जायेगी
तारों के आकाश में
उसकी रौशनी कम हो जायेगी
July 15, 2009
windows ki jai ho :)
faced this problem today and i thought it might be just with XP. But apparently, it has stayed on in vista and windows 7 too!!


July 14, 2009
हाथ फैलाये
वक्त की रेत में..
धंस कर देखा है..
कितने अनजानों के संग..
हंस कर देखा है..
चलते चलते पैरों के..
तलवे घिस गए हैं..
इंतज़ार है उस दिन का..
जब कह सकें मुस्करा के..
हाँ, हमने भी कभी..
कहीं कोई अपना देखा है ॥
the other side of the coin
the good thing about premature hairfall is that you won't have to make the difficult choice of dyeing-vs-not-dyeing :)
July 13, 2009
July 6, 2009
starry eyes
सितारों से मैंने पूछा
आप दिन में कहाँ चले जाते हैं
वो बोले बस आस पास ही
तुम्हारे साथ ही रहते हैं
रात वाले सारे सुन्दर सपने
दिन में हम पकडे रहते हैं
रात बंद आँखों के बाहर बैठ
दिन में आँखों में ही बस जाते हैं
कुछ रात वालों के साथ
दिन के सपने भी दिखाते हैं
क्योंकि खुली आँखों से देखे सपने
हाथ की लकीरें बनाते हैं
और तारों को पाने की राह
तारे ही बता पाते हैं
आप दिन में कहाँ चले जाते हैं
वो बोले बस आस पास ही
तुम्हारे साथ ही रहते हैं
रात वाले सारे सुन्दर सपने
दिन में हम पकडे रहते हैं
रात बंद आँखों के बाहर बैठ
दिन में आँखों में ही बस जाते हैं
कुछ रात वालों के साथ
दिन के सपने भी दिखाते हैं
क्योंकि खुली आँखों से देखे सपने
हाथ की लकीरें बनाते हैं
और तारों को पाने की राह
तारे ही बता पाते हैं
July 5, 2009
lonely at the top

he tried walking away
from everyone and everything
that was hurting him
but no matter how much he tried
and ran himself breathless
he still ran into
some of himself
and so he decided to fly
wings of desperation
fueling him on a journey
to the heavens and beyond
leaving all hurt grounded
searching for happiness
in a handful of stars
and then he sat there
looking down on the world
and everything he'd escaped from
head hung down in thought,
the acrophobia returned
the stars were hurting him now
burning him with a desire
he had wished to be alone
all he now felt was loneliness
all his life he wanted to be
the superman himself
now he longed for some eyes
to stare at him in irritation
as he cried his tears
he returned
to where he had started from
today he braves his way through
all that life throws at him
and everytime there is hurt
and he stumbles and falls
he holds onto one of himself
from everyone and everything
that was hurting him
but no matter how much he tried
and ran himself breathless
he still ran into
some of himself
and so he decided to fly
wings of desperation
fueling him on a journey
to the heavens and beyond
leaving all hurt grounded
searching for happiness
in a handful of stars
and then he sat there
looking down on the world
and everything he'd escaped from
head hung down in thought,
the acrophobia returned
the stars were hurting him now
burning him with a desire
he had wished to be alone
all he now felt was loneliness
all his life he wanted to be
the superman himself
now he longed for some eyes
to stare at him in irritation
as he cried his tears
he returned
to where he had started from
today he braves his way through
all that life throws at him
and everytime there is hurt
and he stumbles and falls
he holds onto one of himself
बात का बतंगड़
बोलती बातों की
बकर से बच के रहना
बातूनी शैतान हैं वो
बेकार की बेकारी दे जाएँगी
बस रह जाओगे तुम बरबस
बसा कर बयारों की बस्ती
बढ़-बढ़ के बकना बस फिर
बेसिरपैर की बातों से बौराना
बगैर बगलें झांके इसलिए
बंद करो ये बकर की बहस
बचकाना बचपना है ये बस
बतियाने से बदतर नहीं कोई बदमाशी
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