- Bribe Fighter
- 13 years ago
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My mother did not pay a bribe
It was in the year 1977 we had constructed a new two room house and were forced to shift in the house as we had no other place to stay, and the house had no electricity. we were my mother three sisters and me then a 17 year old student. my father was working in some other city . we did all that was required to get this connection running in circles to get all the necessary papers in place , and if one has ever lived in UP one will realise how difficult it is to get even one paper thruogh the beauracrats, but after this too the connection was not being made and then someone told us that you have to pay bribe other wise they will not collect and the reason being forwarded by the elect department was that we do not have the wire to make the connection , that is when my mother took me along to the SDO office and there she just took him on and i still remember what she said i quote " that if i throw money at your face within minutes you will have the wire and connection will be made, i am alone staying with three girls in this house without electricity and you do not even have any shame, but i am warning you that by today evening if the connection is not made than you will see what happens to you " and this man was all no what you are saying is wrong etc but the fact is that by the evening the connection was made and after that also they troubled us a lot but still no bribe was paid and we survived . i salute my mother who took this stand without any fear.