March 3, 2013

HARD DAYS OF AN INDIAN TRAVELER # 2

5 AM ,New Delhi.

So foggy that I believed am in the clouds untill the flight banged the runway. It was very early and I was sigh to wake up my friend. While making time and checking out the beautiful airport of New Delhi, I suddenly realized that Delhi is going to be too cold. As cold as 12 degree Celsius.


Never mind, reached my friend's where a dozen of old known faces were waiting to welcome me. Rounds of coffee and shower, then I was ready for the Interview.

Here I am at Prithiviraj Road, which is lined up with chic villas housing embassies, Politicians & billionaires. The guard at the gate 1 of Embasy of Spain sends me to gate 2 and then finally to a secret little door almost behind the embassy to wait for the interview. Neither I am a terrorist nor am going to rob then why this little gate like Central Jail of India.

But, the moment I stepped inside and climb down the steps, the building looking so mordern from outside turns out to be a hidden palace of Europe in the basement. The furniture, the doors and the conference hall, almost every thing has an European feel. I was so thrilled with everything until the lady questions me, " Is it normal for an Indian to go for such long vacation".

End of the interview, we would need some more documents. They are .. .. .. . !Wow I have them all at the moment, here they are.. .. .. ! Sorry we can not accept from you directly. You have to spend more money and stand in queue at VFS Spain for two hours and then the document comes to us only in two days.

That was my day at Embassy of Spain.

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