As I checked the
result of my son in CBSE website after entering the Registration No. (and DOB
as additional security Q) – I found the disclaimer that ‘neither NIC nor CBSE is responsible for any inadvertent error
that may have crept in the results being published on the NET. The results
published on net are for immediate information to the examinees. ………………………..’
Sure, you would
have observed that mails sent from most Office networks carry e-mail disclaimer
stating ‘this email and any files
transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the
individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this
email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains
confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you
are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this
e-mail.’ ………………. An email disclaimer is a disclaimer, notice
or warning which is added to an outgoing email and so forms a distinct section
which is separate from the main message.
The reasons could be confidentiality, copyright, contract formation,
defamation, discrimination, harassment, privilege, viruses and more……. Somebody
sending wrongly but instruct the recipient to be careful and adhere to the guidelines
!!!!
Mostly
people do not read these disclaimers nor take cognizance of them. There is another myth confounded in
vernacular Cinema world – that there would 7 persons with similar looks across
the globe …. In fiction and folklore, a
doppelgänger is a double of a living person. In contemporary vernacular,
the word doppelgänger is often used in a more general sense to identify any
person that physically or perhaps even behaviorally resembles another person.
Commonly people
say that people of certain origin (say Japanese or Koreans) all look-alike and
that one cannot distinguish between … to an outsider they may look-alike but
still could be having lots of dissimilarities – have you ever thought that we
(people of a particular region) could be similar to those in those other parts
of the World… if not, read this interesting report in Daily Mail ~ of the fate
suffered by an Indian girl who thought had won the beauty pageant.
Down
under in Newzealand, Synthia Nath thought she was a winner at the Face Of
Beauty International awards. That was until organisers told her there had been
an 'honest mistake' and that 'another Indian girl' had actually won the pageant
category for most photogenic.
In an
embarrassing series of events, the New Zealand Herald reports that the
19-year-old Fijian native was first told to raise $3000 to travel to Turkey Zealand .
'They
told me, 'Do you have $3000?,' Ms Nath said, according to The Herald. 'I was shocked, I was like, 'Aren't you
supposed to give me the money?' They were like 'No' and asked if I had the
three grand or not.' Ms Nath had already spent $1000 on her dress and entry fee
and told Face Of Beauty executive Milagros Manuel she couldn't afford the $3000
for flights. She was reportedly told to 'give the crown and sash back' if she
couldn't raise the cash. The next day
she rang back organisers and was reportedly told 'I mixed up the name somehow
and it was another Indian girl that should have won.'
She
was forced to hand her sash and crown to the rightful winner, but told in an
email 'You can keep it and pretend that you still are Miss Globe.' Ms Nath is
now seeking an apology and compensation for the $500 entry fee and $420 for 10
tickets she sold to the event. The New Zealand Herald reports Ms Nath was
confused for Fijian-born contestant Loriza Latif. Lydia Smit was announced the
overall winner of Miss Globe New Zealand .
To those of us
who already do not have high opinion of these beauty pageants ………… this hash up
only adds to the conviction.
With regards – S. Sampathkumar
20th May
2014
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