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An old rant — One year old joins school

June 11, 2009

I was clearing out old documents from the house, and came across an old rant. A 10 year old rant! The year was 1998 and I had started class XII. Getting admission to a good institute was my most important concern. One day, I saw an advertisement in the newspaper for admission to Indian Navy’s Naval College of Engineering, that prompted me to write a letter to the editor of the newspaper. I think that the newspaper was The Tribune. The newspaper never published my letter. For old times sake, here is the letter — in the original, unedited and untarnished.

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