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Renewing vehicle registration / fitness certificate

I own a Santro car, that has been immaculately maintained ever since I bought it in 2003. Love the car. While trying to renew the car's insurance, I was told that I would need to renew the vehicle registration (or RC book as its commonly known), since the registration validity is only for 15 years. So here's what I went through. Hope it helps anyone who want to renew their registration. It's also called the fitness certificate. 1. I went to the RTO website and noted down the requirements, listed here . 2. I first called the RTO (Yelahanka) to find out if this could be done online. They said no, I need to go there in person, along with my car. And that the process takes about 30 minutes. 3. So I went on a Monday morning, and the whole process took about three hours. And it was exasperating! 4. There's always somethings they never tell you upfront. They materialize slowly. 5. First, one needs a 'paper file' to keep all the documents in one place. On...

Sachit Murthy — Writing on Cinema, Cricket, Travel, and Life in India

This blog brings together essays, reviews, and observations on cinema, sport, travel, and everyday life in India. It moves between detailed writing on Indian and world cinema, reflections on cricket as culture and memory, travel notes from cities and small towns, and personal pieces shaped by living and working in contemporary India. Film writing on the blog ranges from close readings of classic and modern films to broader reflections on performance, narrative, and form. Cricket appears not as statistics or news, but as lived experience — a shared language of time, obsession, and belonging. Travel pieces pay attention to place, atmosphere, and the small details that define movement and return. Underlying these varied subjects is a consistent interest in observation: how people speak, perform, remember, and negotiate their inner and public lives. The author’s background as a stage and screen actor, writer, and voice artist informs the attention to rhythm, silence, and point of view across the writing. The blog is intended for readers who enjoy reflective, unhurried writing — pieces that sit somewhere between criticism, travelogue, and personal essay.