This Saturday, after substantial planning, I went to the RTO office off CMH road to get a 'card-type' driving license by producing my 'booklet-type' driving license.

Only after going there did I realize that that Saturday was a 'second saturday' and the RTO is closed on Second Saturdays.

Personally I dont have much against Second Saturdays. Second Saturdays are good. Second Saturdays are fine. But the problem is that some government offices are closed on Second Saturdays and some are not. And the common man being an unlikely optimist does not consider the possibility of a not well known government department x, not being open on all Saturdays.

Advertize this fact, I say! Educate the people about it. Shout it out on the FM. Put it in the Newspapers. Distribute pamphlets. Announce it with Friday Night's weather. Take out processions. Give technicolour ads on Doordarshan. Have a Second-Saturdays day. What is the I&B ministry doing? Heck! People have a right to know!

Spread awareness. Organize contests: Which of these Saturdays of the month is likely to be a Central Government holiday? a) Sixth Saturday. b) Second Saturday c) Three and a halfth Saturday. Come, do some real social service for a change.