Anirud Passport

Getting a passport was quite a thing in the past. These days, within days after the baby is born, they have a passport. Little Anirud had to tread the same way. Photographer came home and took snaps and developed it in a white background. In the passport application the thumb imprint had to be taken and the agent came home to do it as they are adept in such tasks. Though I tried hard to apply for the passport before I left Mumbai, I could not do it due to some delays. Finally, Vidya had to go along with her cousin carrying Anirud as well to the passport office and deliver the application. Unless they see the baby, they said they would not issue the passport. The monsoon rains had started and getting to travel in Mumbai during peak hours and in rains is such a hassle and that too going to a passport office. It takes hours to go and come back. In between the baby had to be fed mother’s milk. Well, tough times for both of them. Eventually we got it. Visa was another tension as we got it (stamped from the Kuwait embassy) the evening before we had to leave Mumbai to Kuwait. Perhaps, Life's like that...as it comes in the Reader's Digest.

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