Do you know who my father is ?

In  New York Times dated November 17th,  there is an article about  the misdeeds of  the children of people  in power.

In this case the son of a Chinese  provincial deputy chief of police in a drunken state mowed down two girls who were roller skating in the college grounds. One of whom eventually died. When arrested he shouted at  the security personnel " My Father is ...... "   ? This has caused a bit of uproar in China.

We see this so frequently in India, not just in accidents, but in other incidents whether it is land allocation or election tickets being given to the princelings . Some times it goes beyond that  to Mothers in Laws or Brothers in Laws or nephews or cousins.

There are hundreds of  anecdotal stories. . One I heard recently was about the toll both charges on the NH-8 ( Delhi - Gurgaon ) expressway. A friend of a friend of a friend was behind a car , where the driver of the car was arguing with the  toll collector.Since it was peak hours there was a long queue of cars. After a few minutes he got out of his car and went to the counter to see what was the issue.The driver was insisting that he be allowed to pass through without paying the toll because his brother was a minister in the State Government. The friend  ( 3 ) offered to pay the toll charges, but the driver refused and insisted that the toll collector call his brother's office. In the meantime the traffic continued piling up. All this for a princely sum of twenty rupees. This has to take the cake !!!!