“I was in 11th std when my friends and I planned a trip to Matheran. To gather information about Matheran, we visited Govt. of India's Tourist office. An employee at the office gave us a leaflet that had information about hotels in Matheran, their prices, contact details, and various places to visit. When I took a detailed look, I realised it was a 4-year-old leaflet published in 1980. I asked the employee for the latest one, but to my surprise, he said this is the only leaflet we have. I couldn't digest that well because I was sure things might have changed in Matheran, and referring to information that's 4 years old won't make sense. I thought a lot about it and wrote a letter to the Midday newspaper raising my concern about that issue. The next day itself my letter was published in the newspaper and I was called to the Govt. of India Tourist office for an enquiry. I identified the person who gave me the leaflet and the required actions were taken. Well, the next thing that happened was an absolute shocker, a lady from the office gave me the latest leaflet published in 1984.
I will be happy to join Khayal, as it seems to be right Platform for me as a Senior citizen.
👍👌 Beautiful article! Well said! You are doing a great service to the voiceless in our community!