Last time I went through Mumbai International I forgot... - I had several boxes of matches in my rucksack I took on as hand luggage ... needs another scan - along with 3 lighters ... needs another scan - 2 laptops ... needs another scan - scissors (part of a first aid kit) ... needs another scan
but they never found the scalpels (also part of the first aid kit) Boy was I watched the rest of the night at the gate by the CISF.... I think I would have had harsher treatment were it not for the Salman Khan CDs I was smuggling out and was found with much to the delight of the attentive security official. Keith > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Srini RamaKrishnan > Sent: 06 September 2006 07:18 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [silk] security and choosing sides > > > Biju Chacko wrote: > [...] > > > OK, time for a quick, unscientific, politically-incorrect poll: How > > many brown people on this list have been hassled at security? How many > > white people on this list have been hassled at security? Those of you > > who can't fit yourself into one category or other: please go back to > > which ever planet you came from, we don't need no furriners here. > > Are you trying to find out if racism exists? In my personal experience, > it certainly does. What you get at an airport is a double whammy of > racism conflated with xenophobia. > > I've been searched a few times in the US even as rough looking white > trash walked by unchecked. I've also seen white trash being given more > than a cursory wand wave at Indian airports. I've been asked to produce > my wallet full of US Dollars before I could shop in a store in Hong > Kong. I've been told that I come from an uncivilized land by a US > Immigration Officer. I've had a Taiwanese friend tell me she hates > blacks. I've had a corn-fed blonde manager correct my > grammatically-correct English because I am an 'Indian'(*). > > Cheeni > > (*) Needless to say I didn't linger long in that organization > > >
