Vijay Basrur

Passport Verification

We got lucky that we could complete the passport verification for Snehal yesterday. It saved me the trouble of taking half the day off. You pretty much need that half day since you need to make at least 2 to 3 visits before you can complete the task. When I went for the first time, I was asked to furnish copies of some of the documents which I had not carried along. The second time around I was asked to give a copy of Snehal’s old passport (of which there was no mention in the first meeting). So back I went & returned with the copy.

That was the final call and I though’t I’d be done with it. But heck no! There was the customary kharcha paani before I was assured that the task was done.

But I was relieved at the end of it and I am hoping the passports come in soon.

Roadside Mehndi

Roadside Mehndi

Originally uploaded by Vijay Basrur

Never seen this around. Especially kids getting it done. Seems quite popular at this street corner in Andheri West

Financial Management update

So its been over a month since we promised ourselves that we would track our expenses. And lo and behold! we have been successful.

Ofcourse you may argue that its been just a month and that its no big deal. Well we think its a small step indeed but a big reason enough to celebrate! We are actually feeling happy about having been successful at being disciplined about something, albeit a small thing.

So have there been any learnings? Well not something we didn’t know. We seem to be buying groceries more regularly than we could imagine. I think there is scope for some planning to make the buying process more efficient, if not the expenses.

The satisfaction of seeing a detail expense sheet at the end of the month is indeed priceless. We hope this will continue and I’ll try and update the status in a few months with learnings, if any.

PS: Thanks Dada for pushing us into this.