The Speed post is still doing rounds. Parcel dispatched on 06 July 2012 is still going around in circles. It was just a 90 Dollars Parcel including EMS Shipping.
Date Time Status at Status
06/07/2012 17:20:00 Origin Office Item Booked
07/07/2012 15:13:00 ISC MIAMI FL (USPS) UNITED STATES Item Bagged
07/07/2012 15:24:00 UNITED STATES Item Bagged
07/07/2012 15:25:00 UNITED STATES Item Bagged
07/07/2012 15:25:00 ISC MIAMI FL (USPS) UNITED STATES Item Bagged
12/07/2012 09:45:09 INDIA Item Bagged
12/07/2012 10:01:08 Exchange Office Sent for Customs Verification
14/07/2012 08:20:18 Customs Office Customs Retained Reason: Item handed over to customs authority for final delivery
13/08/2012 11:16:49 Customs Office Customs Retained Reason: Hight-value goods - Official Customs declaration required
13/08/2012 11:42:16 INDIA Item Bagged
15/08/2012 05:07:48 KOLKATA AIRPORT Item Received
15/08/2012 05:24:30 KOLKATA AIRPORT Item bagged for GUWAHATI
15/08/2012 06:14:53 KOLKATA AIRPORT Bag Despatched to GUWAHATI
16/08/2012 15:16:58 GUWAHATI Bag Received
16/08/2012 15:36:05 GUWAHATI Bag Opened
16/08/2012 15:36:06 GUWAHATI Item Received
16/08/2012 17:48:34 GUWAHATI Item bagged for TINSUKIA
16/08/2012 19:11:51 GUWAHATI Bag Despatched to S-33 IN
17/08/2012 10:08:03 TINSUKIA Bag Received
17/08/2012 10:08:56 TINSUKIA Bag Opened
17/08/2012 10:08:56 TINSUKIA Item Received
17/08/2012 18:17:31 TINSUKIA Item bagged for SHILLONG
17/08/2012 18:56:00 TINSUKIA Bagged in Transit Bag for GUWAHATI
17/08/2012 19:01:28 TINSUKIA Transit Bag Despatched to GUWAHATI
18/08/2012 17:07:23 GUWAHATI Bag Received
19/08/2012 21:33:41 GUWAHATI Bag Despatched to SHILLONG
If you order through Registered Post you don't have an option to track after International Mail center/customs. But if you order through EMS you invariably pay customs but still wait endlessly to get your parcel.
I don't Know when Indian Post is going to pull its act together.