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Be aware of express mail in India

Be aware of express mail in India.  I asked someone to send me certain documents from China; he sent them last Sunday.  After five working days, they haven’t arrived here yet.  As I track this express mail online, it was sent to Mumbai while the final destination is Delhi; in other words, this email is traveling unnecessary distance.  Furthermore, post office workers around here make any excuses to goof off.  For example, …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India celebrated the 150th anniversary of its First War of Independence against British rule on Friday, poking fun at its former colonial rulers at a historic fort in the capital which saw much bloodshed on both sides.

The festivities centred around the Red Fort, a magnificent 17th-century red sandstone structure in Delhi where mutinous Indian soldiers proclaimed the ageing and frail Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar as ruler of India in May 1857.

What started as an act of defiance by some Indian soldiers who refused to use rifle bullets said to be greased with beef and pork fat quickly became a popular rebellion against the British East India Company that ruled most of India. Muslims consider pork unclean while Hindus view the cow as holy.

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This is yet another b*** s*** holiday in India; most people work, but lazy scumbag government employees like post office workers are taking day off today.  This is one of a million reasons why express mail doesn’t work like it should in India.  Did I tell you that there are so many cows, dogs and other animals everywhere?  There is a good chance that a cow or a dog literally ate this mail.  There is no civilization here.  Have you heard the name “Indus Valley Civilization”?  You know, the civilization that was supposed to be founded roughly 5000 years ago?  Pure B.S.  It’s science fiction, buddy.  Civilization doesn’t exist here today, so how could there be one 5000 freaking years ago?

India, Business (India) | 11.05.2007 5:33 |

prateek

I wonder what u understand by civilization. Tall buildings, big malls, railways, airlines, broad roads ,a robust economy? India has all this and a lot of humanity. Small potholes on a highway don’t negate its existence. There are many things to complain about the much-touted “civilized nations”.This is a highly narcistic expression of an India-baitor.

12.05.2007 6:39

J. Watanabe

Tall buildings in India aren’t exactly tall, and there is a good reason for this. The country has not enough electricity and its infrastructure is quite poor; because of that, it cannot build many really tall buildings; they can’t be relying on underground generators to provider power. There are railways but they are nothing like those in US, Europe and Japan. Roads are definitely not broad enough. A part of New Delhi has nice roads, but over all, roads in India can improve 2000%. Strong economy but shaky. There are a bunch of scumbags though this applies to pretty much all countries in the world; even in countries that have low crime rates, there are so many scum.

That being said, I kind of understand with what you’re trying to say and I admit that I was being a little more cynical than I should. But I do have to state that post offices around here don’t do their job like post offices in economically advanced countries; it’s an undisputable fact.

12.05.2007 9:29