The IIM Journey ..contd..

Part 2-The saga of Israel…

So once the paper got over I went back to my thinking mode of now what.Had some marriages in the family so got busy.In fact that intrigued it all.Because relatives are somehow more interested on when are u getting married rather that my own parents..Irritating it was..they all make me think that I was the only left one now.with all the badi sisters getting married I was the only one left out as if…

Never mind, my manager come to my rescue.He was nominating my name for a trip to Israel.Some project had to be done there.The first question he asked me was tricky .”Do you have a passport”..N I didn’t have one.i told him no but said I would manage to get it as soon as I can.I had 10 days of time before we would apply for the visa.
Then began the odyssey to get a passport out from the portals of the Indian Passport Office.
The dilapidated state of the building was a clear indication of what was in store for me.The passport officer who was supposed to come at 10:30 reaches at 11:30 and then the long queue..the unnecessary hassles that the people were creating there..the crowd, everything was a big learning experience..learning..next time I d rather contact an agent..!!But I have this habit of trying my hands at everything that comes my way..n so I end up suffering so many times…
Never the less. All said and done ..Then came the police verification.Two people from the inquiry department had come to visit us at my place.they had tean and snacks.We chatted ,I showed them my original documents and finally everybody went quiet. The lady asked “Pehli baar apply kar rahe ho” I said in my typical UP tone..”Haanji”
Lady- “ok, to phir 5-5 kardo”
I was shocked.I mean she was openly asking me to give her money!Felt like arguing. But dad said in sarkari matters that wouldn’t have worked. This even manifested my belief , that I want to bring about a positive change in the system.
High hopes.But I hope I’ll do something! Someday!
Finally my passport reached in time.And the next 2 weeks went in doing the research on Israel.Mom was anxious on sending me alone.First trip abroad and that too, to a country like Israel, which is so disturbed.Well I was pretty excited.searching n places to visit , eating joints there.Our branch office was in Herziliya and it is a coastal city.So I was really looking forward to the whole experience.Also to thank tarun n Prasad on doing so much added research for me.We took virtual tours of the places I was supposed to stay at.Suddenly life had taken a new turn.I was intended to fly sometime in December end.
But , life had something else in store for me.
The day I got my visa stamped,I went upto my manager to ask about the next set of formalities,and I got the news that the project I was supposed to work on had been cancelled by the vendor..
As shocked as I was to hear that, somewhere something was hitting hard as to what now?
So Israel never happened .All that I have left is the stamp on my passport..which according to some would never let me go to the UAE’s …