A combined advertisement in today's newspapers by telecom companies warns everyone with a cell phone that they will be verified and it means everyone, including law abiding citizens who have been using the same number for years. When I obtained my Sim card about 8 years back I was required to produce a photo identity, proof of address, a passport sized photograph and my PAN number under which I have to file tax returns every year. Now I have go through the same farce all over again. The reason being given is that it is for security reasons so that terrorists can be identified. With six hundred million cell phone connections in India how they are going to check the veracity of every document is unknown. How do terrorists get phone connections? Bangladeshis illegally entering India obtain Ration Cards with ease by bribing officials and use them to obtain cell phones. Who allots Ration Cards? Government employees of course. Why is the Indian state unable to prevent terrorists from crossing into the country with such ease? After all we could fence the border and lay numerous mines so that not even a rat could cross over like the border between North and South Korea which has prevented war for over 50 years. The reason is that criminal politicians and thieving civil servants love terrorists. This gives them the excuse for Z plus security. You can see the fellow managing RTO, which gives out driving licenses, with 5 armed policemen guarding him. Why? The US has only one Air Force 1, we have Air Chors 1,2,3,4,5 at a cost of Rs. 9.5 billion. It also gives them an excuse to harass and keep tabs on citizens. Welcome terrorists.