The blind legal Eagle

There was a meeting today. Now that I am all grown up, and have to work for a living - like a well-adjusted social being - I was required to attend. One nugget that filtered out during the hour was that in case anyone has to reserve the institute guest house for a foreign (as in non-Indian) visitor, he has to seek permission from some Ministry or other. If the visitor hails from the Planet Zog, it is easier to leave things to him. It is amazing how people cooperate when threatened with vaporisation.

When I heard the above, all I could think was,
"Wow, we Indians pay attention to the minutest detail. Even the occupancy in guest houses of every Government run institution is closely monitored. Of course, we are more than happy to let our country be run by whim of an under-educated, coffee-slinging, pizza-rolling Italian waitresses".

I would say we missed the big picture by a wee margin over there.

While we have several laws for every tiny conceivable action you can ever imagine; but, for actions on a nation-screwing scale? Nah, no need for legistlation there.

So, from now on, I am only inviting Italian scientists over. That will throw the law-enforcing bureaucrats into moral turmoil - "to kick below, or lick above?".

Ho hum.