And ec(n)r prevented school-drop-out artists from travelling, since if you hadn't finished hi school, assumption was that sarkar maibaap would be needed to look after you and decide if you were eligible to travel abroad. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
-----Original Message----- From: Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> Sender: silklist-bounces+salil61=googlemail....@lists.hserus.net Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:26:52 To: <silklist@lists.hserus.net> Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] India: global mobility On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan <che...@gmail.com>wrote: > [1] The ECNR/ECR stamp regime did something similar but to no productive > end > The EC(N)R stamp meant something at the point of origin, not at the destination. I suspect a vast majority of the countries did not know what this "chaapa" on the passport meant. Thaths -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo! Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders