No .. this is not a X rated post. I intend to keep this a family site.
I have been calling so many numbers to get my daughter’s birth certificate. For the uninformed, this is how it works. The hospital provides the corporation with the record confirming the birth, requesting to issue the birth certificate. The corporation issues the same and it can be downloaded from their website. For a lucky soul, all this happens in 7 to 10 days.
Now, when Nethra was born, we diligently filled all the forms for the above procedure. The liasion person at the hospital, lets call him ‘M’ assured us that we will get certificate in 10 days. We waited for more than 2 weeks and no signs of the birth certificate. When contacted, ‘M’ told me that corporation thought a few of the babies as special ones and did not approve the forms. Another 5 days and then we see the certificate on the site. But the smart ass working at the Birth certificate department of Chennai Corporation decided to add an extra ‘N’ to mine and my daughter’s name. ‘M’ now washed his hands off this matter and informed us that it is between me and the corporation. The corporation site has a ‘rectify’ option where we can request them to correct spelling mistakes. I put a request on the site. I even got a request number. Great .. India Shining. Their SLA was 10 days. So i waited for 10 more days and called them.
Me – Saar, I had requested correction on my daughter’s birth certificate
He – Aanlina ?
Me – Yes
He – It will not work
Me – !!! Saar, i also got a complaint number
He – It will not work
Me – Ok, what should i do ?
He – You have to go to the corporation with all documents
Me – What documents ?
He – All. Whatever you have.
Me – Ok.
He – Cantact hospital. They help you.
Me – Ok. But I have a complaint number
He (got irritated) – It will not worknga … Paper correction should happen before aanline.
Me – Ok sar .. But why did the site give me a number then ?
He – Sir, go to the corporation.
Now I called up ‘M’ and he asked me to get all the documents and meet his boss. Aah .. another person!. Fortunately, this boss was good and he gave me the required letter that will help me in getting the certificate. So for the first time, i am meeting this corporation person later this week.
Yeah, they work Mondays to Fridays, 10 30 AM to 3 30 PM. One day of hard earned leave gone 
