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To: JPR who wrote (8517)	10/18/1999 5:16:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 12475

Let me know when you have something to say about the topic of this thread -- India.

To: JPR who wrote (8517)	10/18/1999 7:26:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 12475

From a letter to the editor of a newspaper in India. Interestingly, the writer starts the letter describing India as "my motherland" and ends it by referring to it as "your country"!<g> : MENACE OF CORRUPTION Sir, I studied in India and later moved to the United States in the seventies, worked there for sometime and started my own business. Owing to my elderly parents and love of my motherland, I had to return to India. I opened my business here and as is the practice in the US, I adhered to all the formalities as per the law. Within the first financial year I paid a hefty sum as tax to all the departments concerned. The next year, officials from various departments started visiting me and I paid them almost 25 per cent of the taxes that I paid the previous year in the form of 'mamools.`` Many, in ,fact threatened me with dire consequences and blackmailed me for no fault of mine. On enquiring with fellow businessmen, I was told that this was a common thing here! (The Inspector raj). I am shocked to see this kind of a situation here. Any inspector of any department can conveniently blackmail and get his bribe. Isn`t there anyone who can help us out? It is very sad that a country like India has such dirt floating. I wanted to spend the rest of my life here but have decided to go back to the United States along with my parents, I have already wound up my business and waiting for some sundry items to be disposed. With this kind of scene here, I am sure no government could rid your country of this disease. VISHWANATH SUNGUDI Bangalore