There has been lots happening recently behind the scenes at Arastan, despite the lack of blog activity. Unfortunately some things in India can take a lot longer than they ought to. We had a small package to send to a supplier in Srikalahasti, a temple town in Andhra Pradesh, less than 300km from Bangalore. Nothing too complicated, a simple next day delivery, so we used the Indian Post Office’s Speedpost service. Turned out our package was off on a week long grand tour of the state…

Date & Time From Office To Office Event Remarks 02/06/2011 15:50:01 BANGALORE Article Received 02/06/2011 20:02:35 BANGALORE TIRUPATI Article Bagged 02/06/2011 21:24:44 BANGALORE M-34-IN Bag Sent through PVT VAN Scheduled Dep.02/06/2011 21:30:00 hrs. 03/06/2011 18:21:32 ____ TIRUPATI Bag IS Opened 04/06/2011 00:37:50 TIRUPATI SRIKALAHASTI HO Article Bagged 04/06/2011 08:10:19 ____ SRIKALAHASTI Bag IS Opened 04/06/2011 16:46:56 SRIKALAHASTI TIRUPATI Article Bagged 04/06/2011 21:52:04 ____ TIRUPATI …