Friday, January 13, 2006. Here are few interesting encounters I have had with everyday corruption. 1 This was about three years back at Bombay airport. I was coming to India from the US for vacation and was carrying gifts, the total value of which amounted to about Rs. I knew that the limit for import without customs duty was Rs. 12,000, so I was expecting to pay duty for the extra Rs. He said, Why get into this receipt business and put things on record? It is a small mistake so just pay hund.