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A real story from Konni, Pathanamthitta, Kerala:
A BPL family got water connection. Everyone was happy . The tap never gave any water after initial testing but after 3-4 months a bill of Rs. 480/- came in June 2024. The poor widow lady went to the local water office to complain that she had received a water bill showing meter reading zero. She also told authorities that being a BPL family she was told that no water bill will come.

The officials told her that her connection is yet to be converted to BPL and thus she has to pay the bill. They told that the connection will be converted to BPL in January 2025. Further, they directed her to an engineer. The engineer confirmed that as the water tank is still under construction so no water has been supplied to her as reflected in zero meter reading.

The lady asked them that she wants to surrender the water connection to which the officials told her that then she needs to pay panchayat penalty for agreeing to a water connection and then surrendering it. They told her that they will temporarily disconnect the connection but in case the meter reading will reflect any usage then she will face water theft charges.

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We eat, excrete, sleep , and get up;
this is our world .
All we have to do after that –
is to die.
- Dõka (way song/poem) by Zen master Ikkyû Sojun

The person who loves you more
will trouble you more
but when you drop a tear
he will fight the world to stop your tears..

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess,
when my opponent says of it:
That piece cannot be moved. - Soren Kierkegaard

Knowing is not enough, we must apply.
Willing is not enough, we must do.
- Bruce Lee

Man: How old is your father?
Tintumon: As old as me.
Man: How can that be..?
Tintumon: He became a father only when I was born..

Dream makes everything possible,
Hope makes everything work,
Love makes everything beautiful,
Smile makes all the above...
So always Brush Your Teeth.