I
was watching the news of Anna Hajare’s movement and thinking that do we really need
a movement to remove corruption and can corruption be removed completely from
our lives.
Let’s
start our discussion with what is corruption?
In
my opinion whenever somebody is doing a favor to you in return of something,
which without favor you didn’t suppose to get then there is corruption. If we
read this line carefully then we will realize that corruption is everywhere
around us. We are so neck deepens with corruption that it’s a part of our daily
life and we didn’t even know that. Let’s take example of corruption in our
daily life but in very small scale and in very common way. We are travelling in
train and we don’t have ticket, at this moment the ticket checker should charge
us appropriately but what we will do is to bribe him. I accept that both parties
are guilty in this case but right now we are looking at our role. Now suppose
we are travelling and we have a waiting ticket, now we will ask for ticket
checker to arrange few births in return of some money. Ideally a police man
should not allow any non railway vendor in train but they allowed them just for
some money. Smoking is prohibited in train but if you are smoking in AC then nobody
will say anything and in case of Sleeper bogy just keep a 100 Rs note ready and
you are free to smoke as long as you wants. In AC bogies, attendant will even
arrange for wine and other alcohol beverages on special requests, violating all
rules.
Ideally
municipality should not allow illegal constructions and shops but they are
taking money for it. In case magistrate checking is roads for un-licensed shop
then somebody from municipality will inform shop keepers well in advance. I can
bet that you can’t make or take any caste certificate or birth/death/marriage
certificate without expensing “kharcha paani” or “bachcho ke liye
mithayi”. Doesn’t matter how much
electricity you are consuming but give a 100 rs note to electric person and he
will slow down your electric meter. Ideally anybody below 18 should not suppose
to drive as they didn’t get a valid driving license but check the roads around
you. That’s not enough if you get caught on any traffic signal after violating
some traffic rule just keep a 100 rs note ready in your pocket (50 Rs note if you
are a girl).
I
accept that we all are human being and we all have weaknesses and irrespective
of our class and society, we all are little greedy so we may consider that all
of them are not so heinous crimes but can’t we see that we are also contributing
to corruption in our own way.
Folks
let’s talk about moral police:
You
have a big name in society and your son caught doing something wrong, ideally
you should respect Law and allow them to do their work but what we will do is
to use your reputation to free your son and make a mockery of judicial system.
If you are going to bank and there is a big line of 10-12 people and you noticed
that a friend of your is at 3rd position in line then what will be
your method you will go directly to him to enter in the line at 4th
position. Isn’t it corruption? It’s not a big thing but morally it’s still
wrong.
Everyday
we talk harshly on dowry but when it comes to your turn, you will take it as tradition.
Isn’t it corruption?
We
are going to temple just before exam and taking “mannat”. Isn’t “mannat” is a
form of corruption? I mean you want a favorable result and you are promising to
god that you will give him something in return. Isn’t it a bribe to god?
A
man who didn’t want to fight the competition will give money to get a job and
once he gets the job he will try to earn that money back.
Problem
with us is that we talk big things about corruption but don’t want to correct
small things. We talk about big scams, but we don’t want to talk about what we
are doing wrong. We all want that all big names involved in scams should get
punishment but we don’t want to correct ourselves. I am not saying that first
we need to make our self morally right and then only we can talk about all big scams,
No that’s not right and that’s a long process.
Our judiciary system will take care of it. Corruption is not a single
man’s problem. Its problem of every one and no one can solve this problem alone.
We need to be clean from within to think about corruption free India. If we
left with corruption or im-moral duties even in small quantity in our self or
in our daily life then no lokpal can do anything…..and we have to say sorry Anna!
I’m ok with corruption.
