AES wrote:

It's not allowed in my country, and was interested in knowing whether
India alone is archaic or do similar rules exist elsewhere too?

Don't want to start a sociopolitical war here, but if you've ever been a reader of
The Economist, you'll know their strongly held and often stated view, namely that the
*entire* Indian government and social system has long been throttled in *way* too
many bureaucratic rules and impediments to economic and other activity -- and its
population has long suffered from this.


Yes, but nothing new about that truth. One of the most populous, but
one of the most marginalized populaces. A telling pattern among former
Brit colonies )

Ramapriya