Thursday, August 11, 2011

Saplings of corruption

There are couple of places in Delhi which can be called as the most fertile fields of the country as far the crops of civil servants are concerned.Along with the green revolution in the agriculture, there came a coaching revolution in civil services.Green revolution is often criticized for the crop and regional disparities.Similarly, the revolution in civil services preparation was restricted to Delhi, more or less.

Now from such crowd, it is expected that the visionary ones will rise above and ergo will be given the responsibilities to run this country.So one might expect super keen youngsters yearning to dedicate themselves for the service of the nation with unlimited and unbound dedication.Given the scales of responsibilities, one expects strong shoulders immune to corruption.

Unfortunately, this is just idealism at it's best.It is disheartening not to find people with the zeal to play a role in the development of our nation.And at the same time, it is disappointing to see the majority striving only for an ambassador, life long security, unbound power and a license to corruption. With such already infected seeds, only saplings of corruption will rise and someday will grow into a full fledged tree of corruption with deep and thick roots sucking out all the public resources and eventually numerous such trees would spread the already huge bureaucratic jungle.Whats more shocking is the fact that people here are talking outright about there plans to set new horizons of corruption.They even sometimes exchange their ideas on the best and secure ways to facilitate under the table deals.

And you cannot deny the fact that many of them will be there tomorrow feeding on the public money and ridiculing the office of civil servant. With such people given the control of bureaucracy, the old dream of trickle-down effect will remain a dream.And the policies of government to bring equality will be scribblings and nothing more.


3 comments:

sid said...

very well said Swapnil, I have been to those dingy and stinking lanes of various Gia Sarai, Ber Sarais. As obvious, I was out of place there but couldn't find many faces who were at peace and happy doing what they were doing, Can't blame others as I was part of the mob :)

Nikhil Kumar said...

Quite true, the seeds you are talking about are fruits of our own society. We Indians are big hypocrites, we fume about corruption and support anna (not necessarily knowing whats in the draft) but when it comes to evading tax, paying bribe to obtain a license or any other service involving a state institution etc we do not hesitate.

Probably we should explore GM techniques for these seeds too ;)

Genie said...

Hmm treating the seeds themselves might be a good idea. But the big question is HOW ?