Bye Bye Registered Post

We all know about the impermanence of everything around us, including life. Yet, certain happenings catch us unawares, causing shock and surprise. 

We have all grown up, using registered post, especially when the snail mail was the order of the day and we didn’t want to take a chance with important communications and documents – job applications, property documents, certificates etc and invariably sent them under the security of registered post that costed more money but assured delivery to the addressee. 

As per news item that I came across today, it’s the end of journey for the good old registered post that’s going to get subsumed within the Speed Post. Speed Post, which is prioritised and faster,  ensures delivery at the given address, unlike registered post that ensures delivery to the addressee. Speed Post now will have the option to add registration as well for an additional amount, I presume.

At this stage of my life, when nostalgia is an overwhelming emotion, the above news has drowned me into the deep nostalgia of my child and youth hoods when registered post was such an important part of life. 

When detaching from such material things is so difficult, we can very well imagine how difficult it would be to detach ourselves from people and things that are intimate part of our lives. But there’s no other option but to move on by overcoming the tinge of sadness that such developments may cause.