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A   NATIONAL   SECRET  ?

                              

Now-a-days in India ….

- You can buy / acquire unlimited land, flats, farm houses, hill-station bungalows all over the country – no question asked,

- You can buy tones’ of gold – no question asked,

- You can spend oodles of money in 5 to 7 star hotels – no question asked,

- You can spend crores of rupees on giving parties to thousands of persons – no question asked,

- You can buy any number of SUV beasts, and buy unlimited amount of petrol / diesel to run them – no questions asked,

- Etc., etc.,  etc.,

- BUT  YOU CANNOT  GET A  GAS  CYLINDER  FOR  COOKING  YOUR  FOOD  WITHOUT  GIVING YOUR  ‘JANM KUNDLI’ TO  THE GOVERNMENT

                             
Is a gas cylinder of some secret national importance which the general public knows nothing about except the oil companies ? It is bizarre in the extreme, to say the least !

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