Emotionally Speaking

I was a subscriber of the famed Tehelka magazine for a year. The subscription ended in late October 2007 (though they still send me the mag free of cost!).

They got my address wrong and they have proved to be incorrigible! I sent them many reminders but in vain! Sabarmati is a hostel in JNU but for Tehelka it is hospital (see address label photo)!  Here is an email I sent on 5 August 2008. In fact I did not renew the subscription because of my anger over this (which I even conveyed to them on phone)! 

Subject: URGENT GRIEVANCE
To: letters@tehelka.com
Date: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 11:00 PM

Dear Sir,

I have always been a Tehelka admirer and since almost a year I am also a subscriber. You have always delivered the “truth” (as promised) but you have also delivered me something that I do not deserve.  Please note that this attempt for registration of grievance is my ‘second’ attempt. I hope that you will do the needful, better late than never. My first attempt was an email sent to you at ‘subscriber@tehelka.com’ on 5/11/2007 which you ignored/missed/overlooked.

Please note that I do not live in “Sabarmati Hospital.” You have always addressed the magazine(s) to “Vikas Gupta, Room No. 247, Sabarmati Hospital, J.N.U., New Delhi -110067.” My place is Sabarmati Hostel. It has always been a hostel and will remain so, come what may. JNU does not have a hospital; It has a health centre which is a far cry from a hospital.

I am a very health-conscious man and I do everything from eating low-calories food to running and strength-training so that I do not have to visit a hospital. So, “hospital” is quite incongruous with my existence. Please find attached herewith a snapshot of my address sticker that you have used for about ten months. Please correct the error asap.

Thank you.

Vikas Gupta,
Sabarmati HOSTEL,
JNU,
New Delhi-110067