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November 09, 2006
Now for something completely different
Funny. I always thought you needed a big pair of balls to go around collecting taxes:
They are India's new tax collectors. Dancing and singing to the beat of drums, about 20 eunuchs in bright saris began going from shop to shop, asking the owners to pay overdue municipal taxes in Patna, the capital of Bihar, one of India's most impoverished and lawless states.
They were hired by Patna's Municipal Corporation on Wednesday after the city's tax arrears ran into the millions, said Atul Prasad, the municipal administrator.
Revenue officials accompany the eunuchs with tax records to settle the outstanding arrears on the spot.
Indian rulers once castrated boys to create eunuchs to work in their harems. But eunuchs today are generally males with partial genitals or who opt for castration because of strong female feelings.
entry no. 645
Posted by oz115 at November 9, 2006 02:53 PM