Anna’s fasting moves into the eight day today. The government’s attitude towards Team Anna has witnessed thousands of people embrace his protest against corruption. I am a proud Indian and it shames me to hear corrupt officials bringing disrepute to our wonderful country. The Britishers left in 1947, when there was nothing left for them to pilferage. A tattered India grew with visionaries like Nehru, JRD Tata, Dhirubhai Ambani and so many others, but they certainly, never would have imagined, today we would be one of the most corrupted nations in the world. View the corruption index.
Something is dangerously wrong with our democratic process. After more than 64 years of independence we still live in the in a so-to-say anarchy, where the elected members just think for themselves and their petty parties and give a damn for the people.
Recently, down South, we have seen elected MLA’s blindly supporting corrupted people like Yeddyurappa and Jagan Mohan Reddy and trying to create political chaos while the aam admi struggles to make ends meet. Thankfully, the Lokayukta Santosh Hegde’s report brought down Yeddyurappa for involvement in using his powers for assisting illegal mining in Bellary. Strong case for the Jan Lokpal Bill, since our current justice system has too many loop holes. I still wonder if they will ever be arrested. The current government also did nothing against Suresh Kalmadi or A. Raja either who were finally arrested based on the CAG report.
Ex-Judge, Soumitra Sen’s impeachment just shows how deep the corruption runs in our country. I clearly understand why ‘Team Anna” wants Judges to be also covered by the Lokpal Bill. These instances are just bits and pieces of how corruption has destroyed the moral and ethical fabric of our society.
On another front, though we can’t categorise some acts as corruption but makes-no-sense acts. While people are dying of starvation in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati has crores to go on a statue building spree. She spent a whooping Rs 2,600 crore public money for constructing memorials of Kanshiram and other Dalit leaders.
So many of my friends have moved from Calcutta to find a livelihood somewhere else since we have no jobs here. The Ms. Bannerjee’s govt. is more busy with what to rename “West Bengal” even as a volatile mass of young people out of work, sit around doing nothing. Where will they end up? They have already created such a mess by naming Metro Railway stations after people, nothing against these great people. Naturally, there is no sense of responsibility or common sense in these people who go about doing what they like.
The Justice System in India is walking on crutches because the protectors of justice, the police is more often than not busy taking bribes. In a simple example, the courts banned smoking illegal in public places long time back, but was never backed by the police. People break the law, and a small bribe would be enough to walk free.
I am unable to understand, to what means does it help a country, if aspiring pilots can procure fake pilot licences or housing flats are meant for war widows are gifted to politicians.
Sometimes I feel our great years were then when we didn’t have much. In my opinion I would blame the business class significantly that started taking undue advantage from political circles for favors, that was very quickly passed down to the common man. Today I have to pay a bribe to the police for something as simple as passport verification. My legal counsel would always suggest that I use touts, otherwise nothing moves in red tape.
On a funny note, after all these years it is amusing that the strongest political party, The Indian National Congress cannot find one person to lead apart from the Nehru/Gandhi dynasty and are again looking towards Rahul Gandhi to take them forward. The Indian film industry should better rename itself to Bollywood family business, coz that’s what it really is. Man, did we really are still in a kingdom ruled by hierarchy and not by Karma.
I don’t idolise Anna. I worship his ideals. For me he is a name that has brought out the smouldering frustration of a billion people who have to face corruption everyday and I have a gut feel that this time, the govt. will have to show a strong political will to crush corruption. Maligning Anna’s name wont do any good, Mr Prime Minister, it is not he that drives the thousands on to the streets wearing Gandhian caps but the daily corruption they face.
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