People are pouring on to the streets in support of Anna Hazare and the lokpal Bill and this is not just in India but Indians across the world are pledging their support for him. Now for a country which still has difficulties dealing religions of people, it is a big thing for people to come around in support of one person and protest peacefully.The government is still trying to grapple with surge of people supporting Anna and how to come out of this logjam and maybe come out with a bill which will not curb their right to smuggle money, dignity or whatever it is they do sitting in those high chairs in their AC offices (am sure they do not work there).
With the stronghold increasing day by day I, however still stay cynical of the bill. Why? Because there is a larger question here to be answered which people are not seeing right now and I do not know how I will fare in that so rather than being cynical it is just that I do not faith in myself whether I will be to do justice to the larger question that the bill raises.
Do not get me wrong here, I want to fight corruption and the bill shows hope in achieving that very lucrative and hitherto unreachable goal.
Lokpal Bill if implemented in its totality will do wonders for the Indian Society, just imagine getting your License without having to pay more than necessary( though I did get mine like that so there are a few honest officers around even in UP), getting your FIR lodged irrespective of your religion or caste. If this happens we will be able to call India 'Golden Bird' in its true essence.
But then why the shade of pessimism in me. I'll tell you why. We are forever cribbing that the politicians are corrupt but then ask yourself are we also not corrupt to some extent, after all it is we who elect them. The answer would be we are not as corrupt as they are but then one can only be as corrupt as the amount of power you have, greater the power greater the corruption.
Now I put forth the larger question here that i referred to above
With the stronghold increasing day by day I, however still stay cynical of the bill. Why? Because there is a larger question here to be answered which people are not seeing right now and I do not know how I will fare in that so rather than being cynical it is just that I do not faith in myself whether I will be to do justice to the larger question that the bill raises.
Do not get me wrong here, I want to fight corruption and the bill shows hope in achieving that very lucrative and hitherto unreachable goal.
Lokpal Bill if implemented in its totality will do wonders for the Indian Society, just imagine getting your License without having to pay more than necessary( though I did get mine like that so there are a few honest officers around even in UP), getting your FIR lodged irrespective of your religion or caste. If this happens we will be able to call India 'Golden Bird' in its true essence.
But then why the shade of pessimism in me. I'll tell you why. We are forever cribbing that the politicians are corrupt but then ask yourself are we also not corrupt to some extent, after all it is we who elect them. The answer would be we are not as corrupt as they are but then one can only be as corrupt as the amount of power you have, greater the power greater the corruption.
Now I put forth the larger question here that i referred to above
- Are we willing to pay fine of Rs. 500 for a traffic violation instead of wriggling our way out by handing Rs. 100 to the cop?
- Are we willing to let a meritorious kid take the seat he deserves than buy it for our kid?
- Are we willing to treat our drivers and maids with the equal dignity that they deserve as being humans?
- Are we willing to give them emoluments that we get?
- Are we willing to give up our SC/ST privileges because we do not need them?
- Are we willing to wait our turn no matter who we are?
These are the few questions that have me thinking. Ask yourself these questions
I will now leave with these closing words--
" Politicians are only corrupt because they know they can bribe their way to the top, in essence they know that the common man does not have the character to refuse what they have to offer"
