In my thirty years at the Secretariat, we saw many a 'urgent' file gather dust until a match fee needed clearance. The real toll is on the young clerks, their Diwali bonus delayed for months, smiling faintly when we ask after their family. I still keep a rubber stamp from those days on my desk, its handle worn smooth, a reminder of the weight of such small things.
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