Bengaluru has many ‘firsts’ to its credit. It is the first city to be known by that name, for example. And the first city to ask prospective tenants for their high school marks before being allowed to rent an apartment. You might need to read that again to make sure you got it right.
The paperwork involved in getting things done in many parts of the world, including ours, is immense. You want a passport? Get the police to sign your certificate of good behaviour. A visa? Let us see your bank accounts and try to convince us in 200 words why you don’t need a visa (presumably because anyone who needs a visa can’t be trusted with it).
Admission into kindergarten? Bring along certificates of the child’s previous work experience. A marriage certificate? Send us pictures of all previous girlfriends and boyfriends. No, I made up the last two, but the point is no one would be surprised if such were indeed the case. The crazier it is, the truer it sounds, the argument being, surely no one would make that up?
