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Times of IndiaBachi Karkaria's Erratica and its cheeky sign-off character, Alec Smart, have had a growing league of followers since 1994 when the column began in the Metropolis on Saturday. The Efficient Commission of India had accepted my ‘change of address’ application and sent me a voter slip for Sewri along with a shiny, new voter ID. But my old one wasn’t duly invalidated: a voter slip was also sent to my former Five Gardens flat. Actually, I deserve extra marks for not voting twice by ‘rubbing out the first dot on well-oiled hair’ – like the woman on the ‘picnic’ bus ferrying ‘doublers’, who too had slips for both home gaanv and work city. *** Alec Smart said: “If no ‘wave’ then everyone waves goodbye to tall claims.” Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
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