On 27-Feb-08, at 3:35 AM, Charles Haynes wrote:
That's totally bizarre. Though I was amused by this sign in a
Bangalore bank:
"No weapons are allowed inside the bank except for kripans by Sikhs."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haynes/871162228/
Curiously enough, the Delhi airport lists items prohibited for
carrying on planes, with the exception of kripans carried by sikhs
measuring under specific dimensions.
Last night at Garuda Mall, we saw a Sikh security person carrying a
kripan and a metal detector, both of roughly equal size, on the same
side of his body.
