So far I have not had to pay any bribe, blieve it or not! Exception being at the Octroi posts at Thane and Mumbai, where this was a regular feature. Once I was asked for Rs.1100 for my birth certicficate, but I refused to pay that and produced other proof of DOB. In fact, when I got my telephone connection, the concerned official called me and told me specifically that the phone would be installed in 24 hours and I was not to pay a single paisa, all the money had been paid. That is India I have experienced.
