I am now slowly getting convinced
that the sarkari tantra in the country has firmly resolved to maintain status
quo and vowed not to improve itself.
The flood of scams has indeed
swept us off our feet and almost everyone has lost the count. 2G when it
happened indeed hit the nation hard but the flood witnessed thereafter has
brought major scams as close to the common man as minor acts of extortion
indulged in by petty government functionaries in each and every single sarkari
office in the nation. Scams have indeed lost their sheen unless they are in a
few lakh of crores bracket.
The indignity heaped on the
nation in the night of the 16th of December 2012 when Nirbhaya was
raped and murdered is again a reminder of the our passion for mere rhetoric and
not decisive action. Nirbhaya stands forgotten and the case lingers on the
lower courts. The leaders who then made tall statements about fast track
justice in this case and deterrent steps have almost vanished. The laws remain
the same and so is the slowly grinding machinery of the judicial system.
An organization, state or a
nation moves forward by decisive action. A resolve unless translated into action
is at best a rhetoric and therein lies the tragedy of this great nation. The
bureaucratic tantra is so complex that it is unable to go beyond self
sustenance, an act that keeps it fully occupied. The political machinery remains
confined to exploiting the harvest to recover many times over the major
investment it made in getting elected. The poor citizen is left to fend for
itself.
Closer home, the great railways
continues to remain the paradise of the mediocre and the corrupt. The system
that has evolved with the contribution of nine services of the union places on
a high pedestal the non–performer and the bechara. The complexity of the tantra
ensures that delivery happens only rarely and corruption does not get eradicated. The complex tantra is indeed a perfect shroud for covert practices.
The bureaucrat has stakes only in
non deliverance and self gratification. The recent scams have only taught him
to be more careful, yet continue with things as they are.
Hum nahi sudharenge kabhi bhi,
seems to be the national slogan.
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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