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Loktantra




MIN BAJRACHARYA

Loktantra means people are in charge. So, you can get away with the following things:
. If civil servants don't want to work, they can simply lock-out their offices and still collect salaries at the end of the month.
. Two people can get together and go house-to-house to raise money.
. Municipality workers can leave garbage collection and other work and go and play football.
. An airline can have no airworthy aircraft and still call itself a national flag-carrier.
. Every incident can be investigated by a commission. But you can't make public any of its findings.
. There are no traffic rules in a loktantra. If a cop asks you for a license you can block the road with your vehicle and create a chukkajam.
. So what if the CIAA charges you? Just sue them.
. As long as you have your party banner, you can beat up any head of a government department.
. If you are nominated special ambassador, you can dispense advice to anyone you want. No need to bother with the foreign minister, you can go straight to the PM.
. You don't have to pay customs, excise or income tax. If you are caught you can always get released on bail.
. If you are a banker you can plunder your own bank.
. You can be glad that after queuing for adulterated kerosene, you at least get a few litres.
. Even if no one elected you, you can be a bigwig and take you salary from the taxpayer's money.
. Even if you are a government teacher you can moonlight as a private tutor.
. Even if the election dates have been announced you can say. you're not sure it will be held.
. In fact you don't need any elections, the parties can just divide it all up among themselves
. Students don't need to sit for exams anymore, they can beat up their teacher or set fire to their classrooms and get a passing grade.
. Even though we are a secular country we can have a holiday on janai purnima.
. You can have a project to give one laptop per child even if there is no electricity.


LATEST ISSUE
638
(11 JAN 2013 - 17 JAN 2013)


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