Hats Off...
It was good that I made a fuss about having to send in my photographs without a cap. Sara from the IELTS administration just called in to say that she took another look at my pic and has approved it for dispatching the results.
That's after I talked to a very professional and courteous lady in the British Council with immaculately refined speaking skills in both native-Brit and khalis Urdu - Sadia But, managing the British Council information center.
She called back a few minutes after I made contact on the toll free number and told them that I was intending to send them the bill along with my photographs.
Sadia promised me that she would get down to it and that she was quite sure that it wasn't prejudiced, when I explained to her that I had said "thank you very much but I'll keep it on" to the nice test administrator who had advised me to take off my cap before going in for my speaking interview. After all, the cap (topi) is an integral part of my religious and cultural identity, as important to me as my self-respect.
Now all I have to worry about is the actual test result and the overcharged cap-less photographs on my table. I just pray that it's Rs. 200 and not 12,200 that's been wasted this time around (plus Rs. 10,000 on the previous test).
That's after I talked to a very professional and courteous lady in the British Council with immaculately refined speaking skills in both native-Brit and khalis Urdu - Sadia But, managing the British Council information center.
She called back a few minutes after I made contact on the toll free number and told them that I was intending to send them the bill along with my photographs.
Sadia promised me that she would get down to it and that she was quite sure that it wasn't prejudiced, when I explained to her that I had said "thank you very much but I'll keep it on" to the nice test administrator who had advised me to take off my cap before going in for my speaking interview. After all, the cap (topi) is an integral part of my religious and cultural identity, as important to me as my self-respect.
Now all I have to worry about is the actual test result and the overcharged cap-less photographs on my table. I just pray that it's Rs. 200 and not 12,200 that's been wasted this time around (plus Rs. 10,000 on the previous test).
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