Yes, I agree, that makes more sense. --Ram da
On 12/3/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suspect the clerk at > > the post office (and possibily the other officials) > either do not have the > > latest software or are not computer literate. > > > Ram-da, > It is probably none of those. > > The booking clerk and officials were focussed on > Speedpost and could not find SA in their list. > As it happens in most Govt offices (even in US), they > have been trained on very narrow specifics and will > not deviate from that unless specifically > guided/asked. > > Had Mukul-da asked him to check if it can be sent by > Registered / Ordinary post, he would probably have > come up with SA immediately . > > > >>Well, yes KC is correct - it seems there is no > >>speedpost available to South > >>Africa. But there is regular/ordinary service to > >>South Africa. > > > On 12/3/07, Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Mukul da > > > > From the site that Babul Gogoi sent > > > > > http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Netscape/foreigntariff.html > > > > South Africa is obviously there in the dropdown. I > suspect the clerk at > > the post office (and possibily the other officials) > either do not have the > > latest software or are not computer literate. > > > > --Ram > > > > > > On 12/3/07, mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > <As the country was projecting itself as an IT > hub, the youth of Asom > > > were found to be much ignorant about it. 36 per > cent are not aware where the > > > software is stored in a computer. Only five per > cent use e-mails regularly, > > > 54 per cent never used e-mail and 21 per cent of > them want to, but do not > > > know how to use the e-mail.> > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not too sure about India being an IT hub! > > > Incident was today's. > > > I dropped into Guahati GPO to SpeedPost(EMS) an > article to Durban > > > ,South Africa 2014. > > > The mouse- toting booking Clerk exclaimed : > > > "What is this you are writing--there is no country > called South Africa" > > > My telling him that Sonia Gandhi and MMS have both > paid State visits to > > > South Africa a couple of months back--did not > impress him. > > > He grudgingly took a huge sum of money,booked the > article and handed me > > > a receipt--Durban-USA > > > I demanded to see the GPO Master. > > > PM was baffled too. His ultramodern Flatscreen > monitor had no SA either. > > > I told him "Your Nation's Father M.K.Gandhi > brought a copy of African > > > National Congress from there(and so many lived > here happily ever after)' . > > > This also fell flat on him."Iam helpless" he > pleaded. > > > "Oh no you are not helpless--you have all the > genius sitting at > > > Delhi-pick up and dial -speak--you are here to > solve problems". He advised > > > me to write in the Sentinel!!! > > > "Sir , you do not know our Problems"--he pleads. > > > > > > Finally after3 top officers battled with various > discs and Rule Books > > > the said --the best we can do is book it for > Central African > > > Republic,Kenya,Morocco,Botswana or --presto > hey-Namibia. > > > I said NAmibia then--but how will it go to Durban > SA > > > They all were very hopeful "Sir do not > worry--somehow it will reach". > > > I did not hear them say 'God is there' > > > Iam trying now to locate PMGeneral- in Delhi's > -E-mailID. > > > > > > The objects listed in Article below may or may > not be relevant in 2007. > > > These can be looked up. > > > Not so when a" IT Hub Nation" battles so hard to > get a country called > > > SA! > > > mm > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > Make Yahoo! your homepage. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
