Jeevan pramaan life certificate

 

I think as this was my first successful attempt in getting my parents finger prints for Jeevan pramaan life certificate,I felt the need to document and share the info. For this a startek biometric scanner need to be purchased from India. 

1) connect VPN India singapore connection using Express VPN ($12) ( I am not sure if this is needed. there were also others who were able to make this work without it). Change laptop system date and time to match India time zone. 

2) install jeevan pramaan app 

3) Add Jeevan pramaan app to firewall list -> control panel , system & secuirty -> windows defender wall -> allow an app through windows firewall 

4) Install and configure RD service  (for biometric scanner startek) 

https://acpl.in.net/RdService.html?  use this link to download Windows Certified RD Service, install it. Then Dowload Windows support tools and install it which will provide the device drivers for the scanner. follow these steps as needed from this document - https://acpl.in.net/assets/pdf/WINDOWS_RD_SERVICE_INSTALLATION_GUIDE.pdf for steps 1.SETUP FM220 RD SERVICE , 2. SETUP FM220 RD SERVICE SUPPORT TOOLS. you have to run these 2 steps for sure successfully as per the guide for RD service to work properly.  no need of https setup (4 and 5 not needed). step 6 just verify that service is running on ur laptop 

5) For Biometric scanner - if itis getting error message like error registering device support warranty expired pls renew, then go to this website - 

https://www.acpl.in.net/fm220_entry/DEV_SUB_EXTN.aspx

Fill as needed and pay 500 rupees and register the device . you can use PhonePe 

6) Then the last few final action steps  - Have Aadhar id, pramaan id, otp number phone, an email ready for all below actions. follow steps on jeevan pramaan user manual. its very helpful 

First register for operator. 

7)Then next step is register for pensioners. 

Tapioca fritters

To pass the time from the COVID lockdown during the weekend, I came across a FB video an thought would try it as I had tapioca in huge quantity stocked in the pantry since a while. Popularly known as Vadiyaalu, it is an yummy snack and great combination for pappu rice/sambar rice.

I soaked Tapioca at 8 AM before I started my office work on Friday morning. By the time I wrapped up the work at 4 PM, the tapioca was soft and soaked nicely as in the picture so you could squish it with a large spoon.

Various flavors of Tapioca fritters can be prepared. The plain ones are equally tastier too. The white fritters are plain ones with salt added. The green ones are mint and green chilli grind ed paste added to the tapioca and squished with salt. The Red ones are squished tapioca with red pepper flakes and a pinch of salt.

Add oil to the idli plates, put a tiny spoon of the paste and tap it with fingers to make it a flat fritter as show in picture. Once done, add water to the idli container, make it steam well. Put the idli plates in it only after the water reached boiling point and steam for 3-4 minutes. I opened the idli container at end of 3 minutes. Not all the tapioca pearls turned glassy/transparent. Hence, I placed the lid back and steamed for another minute. At the end of the minute, Remove the lid instantly and take out the idli plates from inside the container immediately. Let it dry/evaporate the moisture in the open air for few minutes. 

The next crucial part is to remove the flat wet fritter from the idli plates on to a oven friendly pan. Make sure you take a flat metal spoon and dip it in water as needed as you proceed removing fritters one by one. Then arrange the fritters on the oven friendly pan in a neat order and let it dry in hot sun outside. If you do not have much sun, let it dry in the oven set to "Warm" mode. do NOT use bake or broil modes as it will cook instead of drying. The fritters took me 24 hours total (12 hours of each day morn till evening) in Warm mode to dry.

Spread love not Corona

The dark and scary days just creeped in. All of a sudden. Corona have stopped people in their tracks. It might have caused social distancing but not at hearts. Spread love not virus this Spring 2020 by putting up thank you posters for the service workers, calling and connecting with near and dear through phones and facetimes and meditating for world peace through zoom and skype calls.

Here is our share of thanking people - Health care workers, Delivery services , Trash collection services without which social distancing/ staying safe at home/ recovery for those affected is not possible.


It has been a month since I had to visit a grocery store. Thanks to UPS, USPS and Fedex who has been delivering our needed items from Amazon. People stood outside on their porch, in their balconies, decks and clapped and cheered for the service workers on March 28th and 29th weekend. This art was done in our drive way as part of the cheering. This was carried out in India and other countries too.

Instacart has helped a lot delivering the groceries from the local grocery stores. Special Thanks to Wegmans and stores alike that have placed a restriction on the number of toilet paper cases , and cleaning supplies that one can purchase at a time ensuring fair distribution of the much needed items. The grim silence and situation strike a great resemblance to the likeness of the initial days when people were wary of each other as described in Anne Frank's dairy, to the Planet of Apes part 2 that I recently watched (and quite shocked that this situation designed as a fiction turned out to be a prediction).

Pennsylvania has upped the game by declaring work from home since the mid of March at the sign of the first Corona virus in the region. The other states are taking precautions to avoid the situations that NY, CA and Italy has ended up in.  A lot of companies has taken upon them to manufacturing ventilators to meet the needs of the virus. people are resorting to various ideas that will give them peace in this dire situation - Prayers to god, home remedy treatments like having ginger and pepper, lots of vitamin C , meditation etc.

Yet, the blooming cherry Blossoms, the birds flying and chirping at the arriving Spring,people supporting and helping each other still maintaining the safe distance giving hope for the humans.

Crafts on Laundry baskets

Our recent laundry basket retired last month and while searching for a new one, I thought why not a laundry basket with wheels that will help glide the load easier to/from the laundry room. Ended up buying some online and to distinguish it, colored/decorated the baskets with fabric paints that I had in my stash. Here you go! a Colorful rainbow themed basket and the  snow flake basket to the tastes of our Elsa...