During a recent trip to SRILANKA along with my wife we had to travel by air conditioned taxis for 150 to 200 kms at a time. One Indian rupee that is 100 paise fetches you approximately 260 SriLankan paise, Imagine to our utter surprise the price of various gasoline products corresponded to exactly what we pay in Indian rupees in INDIA, but in SRILANKAN currency, which means the prices in INDIA have been inflated by a whoppy 16 0%.We civilians should hang our heads in shame because Srilanka as a country is about the size of Tamilnadu. They are not a muslim majority country to get free oil like PAKISTAN from Saudi Arabia nor do they belong to the OPEC. In fact after the war was over they systematically went about dismantling the Indian hegemoney and started signing trade agreements with China, Pakistan and Burma to name a few. Whenever India asks for a clarification they defer or skirt the issue by saying you are always special to us.
If a small country like Srilanka can tax the people in as mild a manner as possible and yet manage to rebuild their economy I cannot for the life of imagine why we are insensitised to facing a scam a week and yet continue with our day to day lives. Or is it that it we have become so thick skinned that we are immune to it. GOD SAVE INDIA !
AN EYE-OPENER FOR SURE ! D.A.
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