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I was pretty excited about the Philately Passport as it was a pretty nice way to document my travels and reached the Bengaluru GPO, today at 8am.

I was surprised to find tons of people already queued up. Some had been queued up since last night. Intrigued, I got in line and asked around what PPC place they were excited about? Nobody could answer. Most didn't know what to do with it. Nobody could answer what PPC even stands for.

Realised they were in for the hype and instagram reel and not for the actual passport.

People need to understand, Philately passport is NOT a collectible. It is a travel diary. Please don't go there and buy if you don't intend to travel and get PPC done at all places.

Genuine travellers are now left in the lurch because of instagram streamers and people who haven't explored anything except 'Kora' 'Indiranagar' - queueing up for it.

There are around 110 PPC locations in Karnataka. Not everything is Instragram viral worthy. These are places that define the cultural heritage and rich history of this state.

Let me illustrate just 25 PPC symbols and their locations so that people know this is a serious travel document, not a showpiece:

1. Grizzled Squirrel - Helagalli PO

2. Kamal Basadi - Belagavi PO

3. Galaganatha Temple - Paatadakal PO

4. Vidyashankara Temple - Sringeri

5. Badami Cave - Badami PO

6. Pancha linga, Talakd PO

7. Tiger Face, Bandipur PO

8. Peechi Kathi, Madikeri HO

9. Wild Lily, Nagarahole BO

10. Pelican, Kokkare Bellur PO

11. Shivaswamiji, Tumkuri PO

12. Pinchi Basadi, Mandargiri PO

13. Sundari, Belur SO

14. Seated Thrithankara, Karkala SO

15. Durga Temple, Kateel SO

16. Kambada Basadi, Moodabidri SO

17. Mookambika, Kollur SO

18. Shivaram Karanth, Kota SO

19. King Cobra , Agumbe SO

20. Onake Obbavva, Chitradugra SO

21. Venkatarama Temple, Manjaguni SO

22. Kumaravasya, Gadag HO

23. Gazi Toph, Kalaburgi HO

24. Abubhava Mantapa, Basavakalyan SO

25. Kadamba, Halashi BO

Clearly it is not a Bengaluru/Mysuru only document.

Please allow genuine travellers and actual enthusiasts to buy this and actually use it.

As if enough stereotypes weren't enough against Uttar Karnataka people, this Kanakapura MLA living in Bengaluru since decades has now alleged UK people are squatters in Bengaluru.

First don't develop the UK for 70+ years and then allege something on UK people. The whole of Karnataka belongs to UK people as much as UK belongs to Karnataka.

Do you know any good playschools in this area? I am specifically looking in these areas as this will be easy to commute.

I have currently cleared 5 Theory subjects in the last 5 semesters. For the May'26 (6th term) term I chose 3 more theory subjects. Forms have been filled and fees have been paid for this.

However, I wasn't aware of the requirement of 6+2 (6 courses and 2 projects) to be completed by 6 terms. So I received an email from the IIT team to make a payment of Rs. 25000 by EOD which would enroll me automatically into courses for this term to meet this requirement.

But I have already enrolled for 3 courses for which I have paid Rs. 30000.

Now I am confused:

1. If I pay Rs. 25000, what happens to the RS. 30,000 I have paid?

2. Will that mean I will be enrolled in a total of 6 subjects (4 courses + 2 projects) considering the total amount.

3. Raised a issue with IITM bs support but yet to get any reply from them.

Please help if you have faced this and know any help regarding this as the deadline is tonight midnight 😭