Bill's posts with tag: mysteries
Something odd is going on.
Over the last few months, at completely unpredictable and irregular intervals, I'm receiving a magazine from the Dental Council of India (DCI). It's a pretty snazzy trade publication with lots of photos and research papers. And it's completely free.
So what's the odd bit?
Well, in the first place, I never signed up for this magazine. I never, ever, asked the DCI to send it to me. And that's only the beginning.
The address on the magazine packet goes:
SHIV KUMAR
DENTAL COLLEGE, LUCKNOW
STREAMLET ROAD
SHILLONG.
Now, while I do live (not practice) on Streamlet Road in Shillong, my name, so far as I'm aware, is not Shiv Kumar. And as an executive committee member of the state chapter of the Indian Dental Association, I know that there isn't in all this state any dentist by the name of Shiv Kumar.
Then, this is Shillong, not Lucknow. Lucknow is over one and a half thousand kilometres from here. There is no such institution as Dental College, Lucknow in Shillong.
In fact, there is no institution called Dental College in Lucknow either. I studied dentistry in Lucknow; I should know. The so-called dental college is actually the Faculty of Dental Sciences, under the King George's Medical University. Of all people, you'd expect the Dental Council of India to know that little fact.
Since I'm getting a magazine out of this that I do not have to pay for, I don't exactly want to rock the boat to find out what the hell goes on. But that doesn't stop me from, you know, wondering:
1. Why is a magazine addressed to Shiv Kumar sent to Shillong? Who is Shiv Kumar?
2. Why is something addressed to a fictional institution in Lucknow further addressed to my home street address in Shillong?
3. Since my name isn't Shiv Kumar, nor does it resemble Shiv Kumar in any way, why are the issues of this magazine delivered to me? When they are, that is.
Any theories?
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