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THIS IS THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR APPLYING FOR OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALICUTNote: you will need to bring copies of the following documents with you:1. Transcripts2. Degree/ Provisional Certificate3. Transcript application form (if you downloaded these from the internet and filled those out previously. Highly recommended-saves time)Detailed step by step instruction on how to apply for Official Transcripts (DO READ THE TIPS TOWARDS THE END AS IT WILL HELP YOU):Disclaimer: The process of applying for official transcripts (or anything for that matter) at the University of Calicut is a frustrating process that may turn you crazy. Symptoms include sudden fits of anger, questioning your life choices that led you to this dump of a University or an insatiable desire to crack open the university employee’s skull with a rock-Cannibal style. The author of this article assumes no responsibility for what you may feel. Your experiences may vary significantly from the author’s, although he very much doubts it (Please, please let him know if it does-that would be first for him or anyone he has known who went through this ordeal).Applying for official transcripts at UniCal is a 3-part process. Its like a video game-gets harder with each phase. As such, I would suggest you spend some bonus points to raise your stamina, patience and insensitivity to bullshit perks. The walk through is as given below:Phase -I:Go to Tagore Block (across the road, opposite the main campus).Get the following forms from the counter (Each form costs 1-2 Rupee):Transcript application form-or alternatively, as previously mentioned, download from University website-link at the end of this post for the form. One for each set of transcripts in case you are applying for multiple transcripts.Entry Pass-One per personNext go to your course’s inquiry counter and get the Challan form-one for each set of transcripts in case you are applying for multiple transcripts. Ask at the same department inquiry booth regarding the fee amount and fill the forms out and pay the fee at the fee counter.Attach the challan receipt to you application package.Go back to your course’s inquiry counter and get your gate pass signed. Congrats! You have just crossed the first hurdle! Now get out of that building.Phase -II:Go to the Pariksha Bhavan building across the road (you will have to walk a bit into the main campus-its a big building towards the right just after the botanical garden. You will find a lot of people outside it. As you walk down the gateway, you will see an entryway to a building straight ahead (Gate 1)- go in there if you studied BA, B.Com or B.SC. Or go to the one about 10m to your right, marked Gate-2, if you studied B.Tech or PG). I have given a rough sketch of the area to the best of my ability.Show the security guard your entry pass. Go to the respective floor for your department.From there walk back and forth for a solid hour listening to their complaints that they don’t have time etc. etc. until you get a bit angry and frustrated with them and you slightly raise your voice and then they pay heed to you. (Alternatively, you could take my advice and just look pissed from the start- as if you’ve had enough of this BS). At this point some moron will check you documents and the same moron might say you made a mistake in your fee payment (just say this is correct, if you are sure and tell the moron you got info from the guy at Tagore block. Ask him/her to verify it again.)The moron will then ask you to put the folded application form in a box in front of Gate 1 or keep it in his drawer/whatever.Ask politely for someones personal number in that department-be extra sweet, sentimental, offer a tragic story or whatever BS you need to make it work. Most employees don't give this but there are some good folks there that will show the human trait of humanity. Do not be happy if they gave you a landline number though-if you stick around enough you will notice they almost never pick that up. You will notice some employees might watch YouTube on their phones and to offer a distraction free viewing environment they will lift the phone receiver and leave it one the table so that no calls get through.At this point your application is basically complete, if all goes well. Congrats you've passed phase 2!Phase -III:Now this is all about the waiting game. My tips below will help you through this.The average time for a transcript to get to an international destination is about 20–25 days (at least for Canada). Domestic postage time is much lower. If you received your transcripts by this time then good for you but if not, then red flags should pop up in your head like fireworks. Follow the following steps below.Remember the phone number that you managed to obtain? Call them. Ask whats wrong. They will at this point tell you that something was off (they should have told you that when some moron verified it in the first place-but don't bring that up here-just accept it as you fault and ask how it could be corrected). This could be a laughably minor mistake but they do what they can to make you miserable. I applied for 2 sets of transcripts-one to WES another to a Canadian university. I didn't get one set for over a month. When I called them they said they had doubts because I applied for 2 sets together as most people apply for only one! I was furious and they lady at the other end (she had kept my transcript application in her desk) apologized and then forwarded my transcripts when I threatened to sue her. It arrived within 15 days in Canada.I you somehow didn't get a mobile number, I will attach the Call Directory of all departments in UniCal. You are welcome. Please note: it will be a miracle if you got someone at the other end of the line at the first ring if not, keep trying.THE ALL IMPORTANT TIPS:Always take pics of your application. You will receive no other proof of application from UniCal. If you ever need to file a complaint this is your only proof. I cannot stress this enough-TAKE PICTURES OF EVERY APPLICATION FORMS (this includes challan reciepts and transcript application form).Note that a complete application form must contain the following items:Copy of original transcriptsReceipt of fee paymentCopy of final degree/provisional certificateWES application form (If you are applying to WES)Note that application fees vary depending on when you graduated, where you want the transcripts to be sent (India or abroad), personal copy required and how many pages your transcripts contain. Make sure you are paying the right fee. Don’t be surprised if a set of transcripts costs around 14k (B.Tech, 2016 graduate for international destination).If you are applying for a transcript to be sent abroad, I highly recommend you apply for a personal copy to be sent to your address in India. Its just Rs. 50 (you can only apply to one personal copy per one set of transcript). The advantage is that you know your application has been processed when you receive you personal copy to your home in India. It just takes 5–10 days and you will have peace of mind than waiting out 20–25 days to know if your application is processed or not.Call your department in university for a tracking number. You can use the numbers from the directory given below and ask when they processed your application and if you could get a tracking number. They will give you the number of ‘Personal Dispatch’. There you will talk to a totally unprofessional, rude and shit of an excuse for a human being who will give you the tracking details once you give him the details (Date when application was passed by the concerned dept., your reg no. etc) after telling you to not bother him.If the university has been an absolute bitch and nobody has picked up your calls after trying for multiple days you can file a complaint to the Chancellor (The Governor of Kerala). I have explored that option too-I have had to apply for 4 sets of transcripts over a period of time (if you haven't understood that by now). I found things move pretty quickly after this step. I will give links to this as well.Last and finally, let me remind you the actions and attitude you will face from the University employees will make you angry-very angry. Please don’t say anything harsh to them until your application has been mailed (use tracking details). You will find people at every office cubicle who might think that you questioned their great infallible wisdom-just remind yourself that you need those transcripts so be humble and kiss ass. Its nothing to be ashamed about-everyone has to do it. What you do after that is totally up to you.Good luck. Hope I helped. Please let me know if I did.Links:Chancellor (Honorable Governor of Kerala):Contact the GovernorUniversity Telephone Directory):http://www.universityofcalicut.info/news/telephone_directory_Latest_on31july2015.pdfUniversity Transcript request form:http://www.universityofcalicut.info/forms/Transcript.pdf

Kicking the rice containerThis is an incredibly offensive act in South India, to a point it is considered a cardinal sin. But it is a sought after tradition in North India. The newly wed bride for example has kick the tumbler of rice at the door on her arrival into the marital home.Protocol driven respect - a big dealThe ardent need to respect elders, or anyone older than you, to a point where it gets annoying and illogical.Even mother and elder brothers are required to be addressed by a plural pronoun, which by the way does not have an English equivalent to explain. The word in Hindi for informal 'you' is 'tu' and formal 'you' is 'aap'. It is very specific in North India to use 'aap' even for the most close of relationships, like mother and brother. Sometimes 'I' is also replaced with the possessive pronoun 'we', even if it is just one person.Touching the feet is imperative to show 'respect'. Elders require the younger ones to touch their feet, for whatever reason it is, and very frequently and at almost every encounter.Bhajan cultureAn average south Indian may not have attended a bhajan in his entire life. Even if he has seen, it would be something related to a paDi Pooja which by the way is not a regular phenomenon. It comes once a year and a minority of people participate in it. Particularly in Telugu states, bhajana (same word) has more of a comical connotation than a divine one. Bhajans and their religious attendance are a big deal in North Indian families.Pronunciation of the same Sanskrit and derivative words with limited articulation varietyThis is by far the most obvious and first cultural and linguistic difference one experiences as one opens up one's ears to North Indian speaker.North Indians cannot pronounce the/ɭ/ ళ ḷa consonant - the retroflex lateral approximant. While south Indian languages (primarily dravidian) have embedded in them both the /ɭ/ ళ ḷa and /l̪/ ల la articulations, North Indian languages do not have the former. North Indians can pronounce only the Denti-alveolar lateral approximant, the 'la' sound in ‘last’. This makes a huge difference in pronunciations for words with the same etymological roots. So in the south, it is 'MangaLa' with the the bottom of the tongue rolled up to touch the roof and widening the throat and exhaling the sound while the same word in North would be 'mangala' - like the 'la' in 'last', you just let the top of the tongue touch the roof of the mouth while while exhaling the sound expanding the throat. The same happens with other retroflex consonants,words ending with vowel sounds and clusters as well.Priests - big ego and mandatory donationsThe average ego of a temple priest in Northern India is generally a few notches higher than that of his south Indian counterpart. I am yet to see a 'non rude' priest in the north.The protocol in temples follows that offerings in the Shatagopam platter go to the priest while the anonymous offerings dropped in the Hundi go the Temple Trust.Priests in southern India (in a few temples) even drop their entitlements offered on the platter into the Hundi. Some temples are so specific that they do not entertain or prohibit receipt of private donations by priests (which explains why they have to drop their private donations too into the Hundi). All in all, priests on duty do not interfere with who offers what in Hundis. This is exactly the opposite in North Indian temples. A priest whose attention you have expressly directs you not drop it in Hundi but put it on his platter. This happened a gazillion times, like every temple I have seen so far, from Somnath to Ujjain to Kolkata to Kedarnath to Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar and the hundreds in between. Priests by and large expect something from patrons even for zero service. And it is surprisingly acceptable in the north (and east).This is apart from a lot of impostors and priests trying to fleece the hell out of the visitors. North or South, religion is big business. Now this is cultural anti-shock, you're expected to be shocked if it does not happen. Temples in South have different complaints though.

A real life story may make us ponder on this scenario:During the spring of 2011, one guy committed something heinous to appear as a small story in a local newspaper. It had something to do with Bollywood.Let me tell you:My father’s school friend was a railway officer residing in railway colony of an average city in U.P. He has this pretty, gorgeous, bombshell, convent-educated daughter who enjoyed admiration as her birth right. People poor in English and modern etiquette were frequently rated low by her. Though, along with those qualities, she was a good human being as she tutored many of her neighboring youngsters free of cost, nursed her grandma in her final days, and helped her friends whenever needed.She was stalked by a laundry guy, a Muslim. To let you know, she didn’t like Muslim culture but was not hostile to it. Her reasons were derived out of the lifestyle of her neighbours.This guy was a die hard fan of Shahrukh Khan, so much that his gang even called him by this name. He saw her first at laundry and handed over a small love-letter along with the receipt of laundry.She read it out open to her friends and took quite a pride in telling me how people fall for her at first sight and therefore it must be ‘a killer’ for whom she will fall someday. I think it was fine for a gorgeous girl to wish for a ‘killer’ while most boys I knew dream of Emma Thompson.So this Mr. Shahrukh continued to stalk her. He spied and got her number to send her messages informing her how he has carved her name on his chest. She disdained Mr. Shahrukh when once he stopped her in the middle of street and claimed his love, while she, as she told me later, stared at her colored teeth all the time. He was a gutkha-addict.Maybe out of some sympathy, or who knows what, she agreed to meet him in a coffee shop. This invitation had confirmed him that the girl is madly in love with him so he can move further. She flirted with him as usual. And this guy, after comparing her to moon and rose, came to fancying their life together. She continued to flirt showing no objection to his fantasies. Later, they chatted with each other.Mr. Shahrukh, however, had soon told enough stories to his gang. Some boys one day called her ‘Bhabhi’ and ran away when she was approaching to her college. She was tough for this. She ducked their remarks and attended her college.They had another meeting and this time Mr. Shahrukh inspired her to switch her religion as that would be convenient after their marriage so that their community does not object. He also lectured him how western culture has promoted nudity and modern women are puppets to consumerism, and that inner beauty is far more important.‘Enough of fun’ — She decided and stopped talking to him.Here began the mania:Mr. Shahrukh wrote countless mails to her, stalked her much to have everyone in the neighbourhood informed of something fishy among them. Few times her parents had to make police complaints about love-letters written of blood. He also tried to bully her through his gang and made it impossible to come out of her house. She lost her connection to her friends, cried alone in her room, and got scolded by her parents to even talk to such a creep. Mr. Shahrukh was also communicating with some ‘angel’ on Facebook and had accused her to be that ‘angel’ playing a psychological game with him — much to his paranoia.Finally, one day Mr. Shahrukh reached to her college and created a scene. Her friend stood by her, and guards saved her from harassment. She publically insulted him as much as she could. During that angry rant most of the comments she made were about his appearance. Cops took him in custody for 3 days.This guy was found hanging to the sealing-fan about a week later.The Suicide note consisted her name, so their family had to go through a serious embarrassment by police, which bribes settled later. Her father finally had to find a job in a private firm in the southern region. It took them quite a few years to get over all the trauma.When I once randomly mentioned to her about this Mr. Shahrukh, in winter 2014, she had this to tell me:Achcha hua mar gaya! jinda hota to mae khud jehar de deti aise dharti ke bojh koTranslation:Good that he died. If he was alive I had myself poisoned such burden on earth.I think she is not that sentimental, even rude, but I don’t think she was wrong. And still ‘She’ was the victim, not Mr. Shahrukh. And, no, it has nothing to do with religion but is about this maniac guy.Finally, when I hear that movies are just entertainment and no one takes them serious, I feel nauseating.As far as I see the budding generation of this country, where degrees are sold like goods, text books are pamphlets for getting marks, and no one reads literature enough to shape their kids that way, they are more educated by movies than schools. In our society where everything is iconized through our cinema and TV, denying its influence is like denying the elephant in the room.How to decide who is at fault?