Dear Abhijit, In continuation of our talk on last Saturday, these are few more suggestions : 1.

For your own ass ort, a form has to be filled u and sent to !ailway "oard to Sri #otilal $#obile %o. &''1&(')'(1*. +ou ha,e to sign in the two bo-es at the to of front sheet. .ne hotogra h is to be asted at /near bottom0 of re,erse sheet where signature of your controlling officer is re1uired. .ne hotogra h is to be sent se arately. +ou can consult Sri #otilal if any clarification is needed in filling the form and asting the hotogra h and its attestation. 2he hotogra h should ha,e a white background and there should not be any shadow on the s ec and eyes are clearly ,isible through s ec. 3. For tickets for yourself and your wife, you need to contact Sri 4armatma $#obile %o. &''1&(')'((* . For com anion0s ticket, a letter is re1uired to be gi,en to Air India. In addition, a che1ue of ticket amount $for com anion* is to be sent to Sri 4armatma. In fact, he can guide for the minimum ticket rice for your children also. +ou can book tickets for your children yourself in ad,ance in the same flight. A ro,ed 2our 4rogramme shall be sought by Sri 4armatma for booking your and your wife0s ticket. 4lease note, the name in the 4ass ort and 5isa and that on the ticket should match. 6. 5isa is not re1uired for Indian 7o,t. officers in #alaysia and Sing ore. "ut 5isa is re1uired for wife and children. Sri 4armatma hel s is getting that too. (. For journey from Singa ore to 8ualalam ur and back, there are three o tions 9 by 2rain, by Air and by "us. Airasia flights and "us are most commonly o ted but "us is a chea er o tion. Sri #ukesh :ain, I!S; 1''& osted at !ailway "oard $#obile %o.&''1&(<)613* o ted for "us for journey of himself and his family. #ay l contact him for further details. "us is referable as o,erall time taken is almost same as that in flight and buses are air=conditioned and comfortable. 2here should be a time ga of say 3 hours between arri,al time of flight at Singa ore Air ort and de arture of bus as some time is re1uired for toilet etc at Singa ore Air ort. >. If you lan to co,er some beach?island like @anka,i, you may contact our batchmate 5ijay 7arg $#obile =&')1)A6&3>A* and?or Sri #anoj 7arg, I!S; 1''3 , osted at !ailway "oard $#obile 9 &'')16')1)1*. A. As discussed, you may e-tend your stay at Singa ore by one day to co,er Bnder water world C Dol hin show at santosa $A%* and :urong "ird0s 4ark $F%*. As Bni,ersal Studio and Song of the sea are co,ered on Sunday $the day after you reach Singa ore*, two days0 stay is not ad,isable. Feel free to call as I ha,e lenty of time at !DS.. Alok