Saturday, August 20, 2011

Corruption crusade - a holistic view

Anna Hazare is a crusader, a crusader against corruption, the most common virus afflicting the country at present. His mission is indeed noble and has caught the fancy of the masses. That Tihar has now become home to many of the erstwhile powerful and corrupt is sufficient evidence of both the widespread corruption as well as the recent efforts of the government in tackling the same.

The moot point however is whether the proposed Lok Pal bill would be adequate to eradicate the deep rooted corruption in the nation. No doubt, it shall help by instilling fear of god in members of the sarkari tantra, but will that be enough?

The answer is “No”. Corruption cannot be eradicated without going into and then eliminating the systemic causes of the same. The root cause of corruption in the sarkari tantra is its complexity. This tantra was designed by the british to rule over untrustworthy slaves. It is unfortunate that the same old tantra is still flourishing and new complexities are being added with each passing day. How can therefore one expect trustworthiness from a tantra based on mistrust? The complexity of the tantra attained through the web of thumb impressions on files provides a shield to the financially as well as the professionally corrupt. Besides it also adds heavily to inefficiency and consequently low productivity, thereby retaining the nation forever in the developing category.

Corruption, complexity and productivity have a direct bearing on each other. The earlier it is understood by the powers that be, including the crusaders, the better it would be for all of us. Trying to tackle corruption in isolation, howsoever good the intentions may be, would not yield the desired results.

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  1. “Corruption cannot be eradicated without going into and then eliminating the systemic causes of the same. The root cause of corruption in the sarkari tantra is its complexity”.

    How true ...

    Sir, wanderings since 17th August … first Chhatrasal, then Tihar and now Ramlila Maidan … reality at ground zero was overwhelming at least visually and filled my heart with pride and dreams of better days ahead for posterity … but sir the very thought … are we really honest to ourselves and our society saddened me … which was soon overcome by self assurance of taking at least a step forward …

    I am quoting my own lines wrote in a blog in Hindi daily Navbharat Times on 15.08.11 –

    “अन्ना आम आदमी के लिए कोई इंसान नहीं हैं, सदियों से गुलामी की जंजीरों में जकड़े, तथाकथित आज़ादी के बाद भी, सरकार व उसके तंत्र की अकर्मण्यता व भ्रष्टाचार के पाटों के बीच फंसी निरीह जनता की पथराई आँखों व थमती साँसों के बीच, खुशगवार जिन्दगी जीने के सपने की झलक भर हैं”।

    Sir, I remember beautiful lines of Hindi poet Sh.Dushyant Kumar, credited with starting trend of Ghazal in hindi, which he wrote nearly 40 years ago –

    हो गई है पीर पर्वत-सी पिघलनी चाहिए,
    इस हिमालय से कोई गंगा निकलनी चाहिए।
    … … …
    सिर्फ हंगामा खड़ा करना मेरा मकसद नहीं,
    मेरी कोशिश है कि ये सूरत बदलनी चाहिए।

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  2. Respected Sir....

    India is place in this world where several religion have flourished and Hinduism is the most ancient religion of all,
    Gods and Goddesses took birth for kindness of people.....
    shayad isiliye humare 33 crore devi devta hain....
    jabki baaki dharm ek hi iswar ke swaroop ko maante hai.....
    Indians are so rigid of change ye 33 crore devi devta hi bata dete hai jo sabko equlity ka paath padha gaye par fir bhi hum to Indian hai hum to nahi badlenge...
    Baar Baar bhagwaan Vishnu ko ana pada fir bhi hum nahi badle.......
    Corruption to sadiyon se chala aa raha hai pehle the worst form was in the form of castism......
    Hum Indian pehle bhi selfish the or aaj bhi....
    Jan Lok pal ek danda zaroor banega sab sudharene ke liye par unka kya jo dande kha ke bhi nahi sudharte.....
    Corruption humaree roots me bas gaya hai or isko hutane ke liye social reforms ki darkaar hai jo shayad Sant Kabir bhi na kar sake...
    jab 33 crore devi devta bhi nahi badal sake hume to Jan lokpal kya kar sakega.......
    fact ye hai ki ek Honest govt emlpoyee akela pad jaata hai....
    or agar uske piche family responsibilities hai to vo chup ho jata hai sahi or galat me na haan bolta hai or na naa.....
    or poora corrupt system us ek aadmi ko apne rang me dhalne ke liye use corruption ke benifits batati hai or vo garib is kichad me khud ko kamal samjhane ki bhool kar baithta hai......
    The best thing of this entire protest is that a big majority of youth is supporting this protest.....and yes the things will change slowly slowly....
    regards
    Meghwal

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