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10 October, 2008

Sowing And Mowing

The news item of the day comes from The Hindu:

Air Customs seized 59 handguns from the baggage of two passengers who landed at the International Airport at Karipur. [...] The two claimed the guns were meant for “agricultural purposes”.

Maybe they were going to plant the guns, water them for a year and get an arms factory out of it. Jai jawan, jai kisan.

(Link via email from Gautam.)

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