Sunday, March 15, 2020
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate.
To love is the road to strength.
To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness.
Good day
🌸🌺🌷🌹🙏
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Friday, March 13, 2020
NAMASTE!
What 200 years in India couldn't do, Covid 19 has done - teach Namaste to the British and that too to the royal family 😎
HISTORY TODAY : MARCH 12
March 12, 1930
Gandhiji begins 200 mile march to Dandi protesting British salt tax - SALT SATYAGRAHA.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
TRAIN JOURNEYS: BY TRAIN ACROSS SRI LANKA
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TRAIN ACROSS SRI LANKA
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Asia’s
most beautiful railway line? The “Main Line” cuts through tea plantations and
jungle, then passes Buddhist temples and relicts of the British Empire.
In
the 19th century the British built a railway in what was then their colony of
Ceylon. Their idea was to transport goods such as tea from the highlands to the
port of Colombo. Today it’s mainly only locals and tourists who use the
so-called "Main Line." The route is considered one of the most
picturesque in the whole of Asia.
Our
trip takes us from the capital, Colombo, to Ella in the highlands. Our first
stop is one of the country’s largest elephant orphanages. And then on to Kandy,
the former capital of the Singhalese kingdom. The city is home to the famous
Temple of the Tooth, which is said to house the Buddha’s top left canine. The
train then winds its way further up into the highlands. We watch tea pickers at
work and go to a tea factory to discover where the aroma comes from. Nuwara
Eliya is Sri Lanka’s highest town at an altitude of almost 1900 meters, where a
racecourse still brings the colonial era back to life. The stations have also
retained their own colonial charm: in 1901, a signaling system was set up to
make the long journey safer. And those suffering from the altitude can catch
their breath at the final stop, the spa in Ella.
Grateful thanks to DW documentary and YouTube.
USEFUL TIPS : MERGER OF BANKS & CONSEQUENT CHANGES
From 01-04-2020, the following banks are getting amalgamated.
1. Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India with Punjab National Bank.
2. Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank with Union Bank of India.
3. Syndicate Bank with Canara Bank.
4. Allahabad Bank with Indian Bank.
Thus, 10 Banks will become 4 Banks.
I suggest that you approach your bank before 24th of this month and take necessary action for these purposes.
(a) Find out the formalities to be completed, if any
(b) Issuance of Form 16-A for F.Y.2019-20 (A.Y. 2020-21)
(c) Change of ECS arrangements for Utility Payments and receiving credits into your running account.
(d) Find out if your existing ATM cum Debit card will be functional from 01-04-2020.
(d) Link your new account with your Demat Account for Shares & Mutual Funds.
(e) If you have a Credit Card issued by any of the banks now being merged with another, apply for a new one immediately because already the credit cards you hold are getting disabled.
(f) If you receive your Salary or Pension through any of the banks merged, make alternate arrangements.
(g) If have given any Standing Instructions for Utility Payments, Loan EMIs, RD Instalments, Credit Card payments etc., make alternate arrangements within 10 days.
(h) If your have a Safe Deposit Deposit Locker with the bank being merged, then you may have to approach the Acquiring Bank for allotment of a fresh locker.
(i) Your Service Charges will vary.
(j) I understand the existing interest rates on your Deposits and Loans will continue, for the rest of their contracted term, without any change. Nevertheless, check and get it confirmed.
(k) In case of Mortgage of immovable properties, assignment of shares/LIC policies, enquire their future fate.
(l) If you have taken any Insurance Policy through your bank for Life/Health, enquire with regard to their further validity and future servicing.
Before visiting your bank, list out the jobs to be done and take necessary papers/documents/passbooks/cards with you and visit the bank in the post lunch session.
Do not postpone your work till the last moment.
On 27th of this month, there may be a Bank strike.
28th and 29th are bank holidays in view of 4th Saturday and Sunday.
30th and 31st, bank staff will be busy with their annual closing of accounts and will be under immense pressure for recovery of loans.
Plan well in advance. All the best.
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS
If you stand for a reason, be prepared to stand alone like a tree and if you fall on the ground, fall like a seed that grows back to fight again.
Good day
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