Ganesha in three pieces
My big package from India, that I had asked to be posted prior to my departure, arrived from TNT today and I noticed it had been opened by Customs.
Normally, I support these Customs inspections. I have nothing to hide, and when I watched programmes like the Australian Border Patrol, it’s fascinating what they have to go through.
But you also see the Aussies being ultra-careful when opening packages, in case they are suspicious, because they reseal everything as it was and let the cops follow up.
Um, not so here, it seems.
Everything escaped their scrutiny except for the most precious item of all, a figurine of Lord Ganesha given to me by the Proton Business School. Ganesha is the holiest figure in the Hindi religion. It was the only one with ‘Inspected by Customs’ tape all around it.
What sort of pathetic, atheist bastard inspected this package? Is having something religious that badly frowned upon that Customs would go and destroy it now?
You bet I am going to complain. Not that damage to packages is among the Customs FAQs on their website—I’d say by the damage it was far more frequent than expected. Dumb sonofbitches.
And what if I was of the Hindu faith? I am pissed now, but I would be additionally mega-offended and I would think that the locals here were a bunch of f***ing, disrespectful dorks if I was of the faith. This damage looks malicious to me: what do you think?
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Sir I am right now pursuing my PGP-2. Its still 10-11 months remaining before the completion of complete program.
We completed our summer internship project in July and now are in the middle of 4th trimester.
But academically we are having time till december- january as after this we might be placed with companies or be doing our major project.
Looking forward to continued feedback from you.
Regards
Jagrat