Adarangi Post Office

R Harish — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:48:20 +0000

I never knew my life well, till i joined to the postal department, i’ve worked in many places, small villages, taluks, hobblies, among them Adarangi is been very special for me, i’ve worked there for more than 3.5 years. I was appointed as postman cum postal assistant in Channapathna division. One particular day in the month of June 2001. I got the appointment order from the postal department as i was selected for the post of postman in Channapathna division. Intially i was posted to (Hulimangala) a Urban area in Bangalore district, Anekal taluk, just 5 kms away from Electronic city & just 30kms distance from Bangalore. I was very much happy to work in Hulimanagala, However I was able to work there only for a week, because it was later reserved for a Physically handicap candidate, later i got transfer to Adarangi, Kudur hobli, Magadi taluk. which is 65 kms from Bangalore. Intially i was very much happy however after few months I got bored of travelling 130 kms daily due to heavy traffic in Tumkur Highway, When i reached the village for the first time, really it was a wonderful experience in my life, which i can’t forget. It was rainy season, nice time to seed the crops, everywhere covered with green, small grass, the mild smell of soil. trees. plants, crops, flowers, & a complete scene of village, welcomed me into the village. i still remember the chirping of different kinds of birds, the sound of cows & buffalos, the gentle whistle of unpolluted breeze. It was very new for me as i was born & brought up in Bangalore, They made me to feel as though i was on a different planet. But i never felt like an intruder, not even when i reached the post office after a short walk from the circle of the village. As soon as when i got down from the auto every villager stood by starting at me. Reaching the office was an adventure in itself, i then approached to a person in the office who was working in my place. i introduced myself that i’m from the department and showed the transfer letter to him. later he gave me complete charge of post office.

The office was an old thatched building probably built by the village panchayat which was 20 yrs old. It was a comfort 10*12 room with one Nameboard (ADARANGI POST OFFICE) written in 3 languages (Kannada English & Hindi) a big wooden table, two chairs, one big iron trunk in which important ledgers, account book, S.B & R D journal, RPLI Receipts, etc were kept. Above the tunk there was a Date Stamp Seal which is one of the most important thing in the post offices. which is used to seal the letters. There was no electricity in the office, instead, there was a small window this was the only source of ventilation in the room apart from the main door. While i was looking around for someone, an young lady walked at me, I introduced myself to her. later she to introdued herself has(Nirmala) she was the owner for a provision store which was next to Post office. She gave me some information regarding about the Village & previous postman, as he had frauded the village people by taking away a ransom of amount. His name was Kamalachari. he was irregular. there were lots of complaint against him, the villagers had warned him many times. but he din’t learn a lesson instead he misused the department money and got suspended by the superintedent of post office channapatna when they made a surprise visit, I gathered few informations about the village from her, After chating for more than 30 mins, i asked her about hotel as it was already one o clock, she replied that there is no hotels in the village, she invited me for the lunch, I said OK, for a second she looked excited, she went inside & called her husband & introdued me to her husband, I observed the big house and the way they had arranged the things around the house.. The living room was quite a large one, there was a black & white T.V playing (Udaya news). the hall was packed with so many kids that they managed to occupy a big mat, wodden caut, all of them were watching the news with great interest. I was sitting on the wodden caut, then man of the house (Rajanna) accompanied me. we chatted for some time, the atmosphere in the house was very nice, i really liked there hospitality later she arravied bearing meal, After the lunch, they both noticed my silence but continued talking animatedly, both husband and wife were eager to talk. They asked me about my caste, & family back ground, after answering them i came back to the office.

Mail guard( Basavaraju) brought the mail bag from Kudur sub office which was 5 kms from adarangi. I opened the bag & collected lots of letters, & prepared daily account packed same bag to send back the to Account Office, after packing the mail bag i sorted the letters and gave the letter to himself to deliver as i was new and still i was not knowing the addresses of the mails. he took the letters without any explanation. then we both came to kudur, there i met Ranganayaki for the first time, Krishna murthy & Puttanarasaiah was the other two department people,

Here I am

Adarangi Post Office