The nation is indeed rocking. It
appears to be on a perpetually moving swing with a gentle nudge being regularly
provided by scams and unholy happenings, the latest being the purported
revelations of D G Vanzara. Without going into the merits of the case, I have
reasons to believe that the statements are merely political in nature blurted
out for petty political ends.
Being from the services, Vanzara
is a bureaucrat and bureaucrats are known for not taking responsibility for
their actions. So these revelations do not surprise at all. I am reminded of
the post world war scenario when all those accused of heinous crimes took
shelter under the silly plea of merely following orders. Yet their orders were
written in nature and what our friend here is taking shelter under are verbal
orders or so he claims. If at all the orders he is talking about went against
his conscience, he should have sought written orders and there the matter would
have rested. But that was not to be and Vanzara acted as all bureaucrats do.
Act yet do not take responsibility and then pass the blame elsewhere.
I have always maintained that it
is the bureaucrat and all those who are mere servants of the government
responsible for the ills of the nation, not the politician who unfortunately
always takes the flak. While the intent almost always and rightly so is of the
politician class, the machinery that converts the intent into action is manned
by the bureaucracy. It is the bureaucrat who buckles almost always at the
slightest opportunity, yet blames his political masters behind their backs. The
rapid rise of corrupt practices is also fuelled by the bureaucrat who nowadays
has as much as much stake in Zurich as the corrupt politician.
Perhaps the social fabric from
where the bureaucrat as well as politicians emerge is rotten. And therefore we
shall continue to witness the rocking swing.
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