Magic has the extraordinary ability to mesmerise audiences worldwide, and one magician who has truly mastered the art of enchantment is Ishamuddin Khan. Renowned for his exceptional performances of.
The Great Indian Red Tape Trick
SS Kaimal
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The Great Indian Rope Trick is a legend among magicians. In it, the magician is said to make a piece of rope stand vertically erect, strong enough for him to climb up on and access things not locally available, from the top.
But the Great Indian Red Tape Trick is very different. It is performed daily in most government offices, particularly the Secretariats. The bureaucratic apparatus designed by the East India Company to rule over a conquered people, all efforts to reform it having been thwarted by vested interests, makes the trick so easy that any bureaucrat can perform it as a matter of routine. The following is the tale of one such trick.