Moments so Far ...

Story begins in 2012. Payback will expire your accumulated points if unused for three years. I learnt it the hard way. So you better know it. Around 20th Dec 2012 , we decided to redeem about some points. After years of regular credit card billing and petrol pump updates we had some points to boast of. I thought of gift to the spouse, when you gift with points you don't peel the pinch of money leaving your wallet. The idea was good and the intention was right. Christmas and new year were on the horizon. Payback site has limited options for duvets, initial choice. Then we searched their partners and found futurebazaar.in interesting. So, redeemed the points for a Titan watch. Christmas came and went. New year came and went. Now lets talk about 2013. Roughly, around 7th January. I called payback.in customer center to have an idea of what's happening. They take the mobile number during the call and then ask for verification again. I argued why you were wastin...

Once again the time comes to pay tax to government . I called Mr. Shivappa who offers his services after office hours to residents of Brigade Gardenia. He asked me to come to the newly constructed BBMP help center in RBI layout, behind Capital School on 2nd Main. I could not locate it the first time and the good old postman on the Luna asked me to sit behind him and turned back from his onward journey of dropping letters to show me the place. To our dismay the help center was right in front of us after 2 sec ride. Mr. Shivappa who had explained me the address of the place and also asked me to come there with previous two years receipt, khata and blank cheque . I requested him to disclose the amount so that I can pay it online. He did not. He asked my the flat area and then ignored my bodily existence. When I was in front of him requesting the same information he suddenly stopped understanding my Hindi and English . A good samaritan who was standing nearby explained to him that...