Wednesday, March 23, 2011


TERRORISING



hold on : essai "E"man will be "pokking" me soon


             I made another trip to trivandrum on 20110321. the previous week when I visited the seller of the land I had been told that I will get the revenue documents, the so called pocku varavu” the next week. So rather than make pestering calls on the phone I decided to make a trip to trivandrum and that is how I landed up in trivandrum again on 20110321.

            The usual rendezvous was the office of the document writer at enikkara. The indian pakkichi was there when I arrived and soon I could spot a member of the indian pimp service along with a subcontractor appearing in the locality. The hired thugs were also there keeping a look out in the vicinity.

           The document writer was missing – had reported sick and was at home. the last time I visited, again, he was not there in his office and I had a problem getting hold of the original registered documents. Could it be possible the pimp service had scared him away !

That is all beside the point.


           The pocku varavu” document was still not forthcoming even after more than a month of the registration. In this area in ernakulam I am told it is usually available within a week. The concerned person, this time again told me it “might be ready in three or four days” and asked me to try ringing up after four days or so – this is the typical response I get in almost all such situations and, most likely, if I ring up there will not be any response from the other side.

         Without this particular ( ”pocku varavu” ) document I cannot get any work whatsoever done on the land; not even applying for permission for digging a bore well leave alone applying for sanction for building “theCloister”.

          My impression is that the indian pimp service has got involved in the matter. The line of argument would go like this - There is no need of handing over the ”pocku varavu” document to the mad man; you can hand it over to the rightful owners, the “relatives” ( or is it “guardians” ) once the mad man is disposed off. The “E”man, “essai” is on the job and will “pokk” the mandabudhi on “budhanashcha”. ( wednes day ). just Wait for a week.

           Once the week is over the indian pimp orders that you will wait for another week  and so on and so forth – we will “pock” him by then. You cannot expect a trivandrumite to flout the directions of even the lowest ranking police man – they worship those in power. police paranjal anusarikkande” words of wisdom from pattalam biju, my erstwhile neighbour at thirumala. I expect things to drag on for quite sometime. “budhanashcha”./ “velliyazhcha” / “on sixteenth” / “on twentysixth” ad infinitum.

          So, I think rather than waiting for the house construction to finish I ought to concentrate on my writ petition to the apex court – 
             and in the mean time how about a temporary chemical castration ?  is there something like that available ?


Wednesday, March 16, 2011

theCloister_20110316 letter to the proposed builder in the context of the draft sketch of 20110307


Dr. Cheriyath  Jyothi B.Sc., M.B.,B.S.,
“valayil”, kizhakkambalam  p.o.,
Ernakulam Dt.  Kerala
PIN – 683562.
       No. 2011/cloister/03                                                                                march 10, 2011     .     


HOUSE CONSTRUCTION
MY VIEW OF THINGS


A.     this is in the context of your sketch vide project no. RP/PC-194/2011 dated 07.3.2011 copy of which was received by me on 08.3.2011.


 1.    At the time of registering my name with you for house construction I have provided your concerned staff member my name and address  in writing and that is what you see in the receipt issued to me. I would want my name to appear in the documents you are preparing for me including the plan to be submitted for approval of the concerned authorities as given by me;  that is as dr. cheriyath jyothi  and NOT  mr. cheriyath jyothi.

2.    If you have any hang ups there please let me know in writing (NO e-mails please).

3.    I am a service pensioner of the kerala govt.  who retired on superannuation while on the faculty of medical college trivandrum as lecturer in the department of physiology. I have got a degree in medicine (MBBS of the kerala university) from medical college trivandrum and registration (no.10618) with the travancore-cochin medical council.

4.    If you think I am a fake the right thing would be to report me to the law enforcing authorities (I would recommend the plain clothes police men who call themselves CBI “officer”) and let the police men do their job.
            
   My humble suggestion is that it will be in the interest of both parties if you will  not get involved in the  external politics concerning me and concentrate on your professional work.



    Now I will go ahead with the details of what I have to say  of the floor plan;  that is if  you are still interested in taking up the building of the very small house of a very poor dr. cheriyath jyothi, presently residing in a rented house, valayil, kizhakkambalam – 683562 paying 4000 INR per month out of his sole income, his monthly pension of INR 6450.



B.     On second thoughts on the floor plan of the house, I had a change of mind. I think we will stick on to the old draft rather than make those drastic changes and revamp the whole thing ( and give up on my pet concepts of “cloister” and “amar baadi” and such ) as was decided at the end of the discussion on 8/3.


1.  in deed, I am happy to note that  in your sketch of 7/3 you have incorporated all my suggestions vide the initial rough sketch I have presented to you as a guide as to what I require in my dwelling place. Encouraged by this response I have improved on the original sketch and made a modified version ( enclosed herewith)  which, I feel,  should fit my pocket ( I have brought it down to 860 sq feet from your 955 ) and satisfy my basic requirements.








                a.    I have taken off the car port which as per your sketch comes to almost 130 sq ft – that is  more than one lakh INR !

                 b.    For the time being the drawing room (E) with its ramp and all, will be used as the garage; but it will be constructed with all the paraphernalia expected of a drawing room like windows and other fittings so  that it can be converted into a drawing room if so required at a later date. The breadth of (E) has been increased  ( from the initial 2.5 meters I had shown )  to 3 meters as shown by  you in your sketch of 7/3.

                 c.    I do not need a separate bedroom as the multi purpose living room (A) can serve that purpose as well. So, the room (D) can  be used at present as the drawing room. However (D) will essentially be constructed as a bed room so that at  a pinch it can be used as a bed room if so required.

               d.   I have reduced the porch (F)  (from the 3 x 2.5 in your sketch of 7/3 ) to 2.5 x 1.5. I feel that is enough to serve the purpose that it is intended for – just an entry point; coat hanger and that sort of thing. The area spared has been incorporated into the living room which I want to be as spacious as possible.

          e.   Room (G) has been increased to 2.5 x 2 and at this size I expect it will just serve the purpose it is intended for – storage space for stuff that is currently not in use there by avoiding littering; and may be even a built in ward robe !


2.  One general point I would want to impress on you is that whatever I have shown in this sketch are the internal diamensions. Rather than deducting the plinth  from these measurements, which, I am afraid are already on the lower side, there by reducing the area available inside still further, I would prefer it if you could work from these internal diamensions as the base and add the plinth area to it. ( By plinth  what I mean is the area on which the walls and columns stand. That way there could be a bit of a discrepancy as for example the area comprising G, C and D  have four walls in one diamension unlike the other rooms which have only three in that particular diamension. That I feel could be a positive thing as it adds to the area inside those rooms!)







    3.   That is all I have to say on the matter and you may please take over from here on.

    4.  Once the final floor plan is decided upon, the rest of the things, like the fittings and all, can be discussed in detail and the project finalised at the earliest.    

sd. 

( C. Jyothi )
to
the proposed builder
( the name is redundant in my context as any builder whom i approach 
will be behaving in a similar fashion)

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