This post is regarding the two major protests led by Shri Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev recently and particularly about the way they want to fight corruption.
First of all What is corruption and who all are involved in it ? Corruption can be vaguely defined as misuse of an official position by preferential treatment for own vested interests. It can be seen around quite frequently in India where one pays a bribe to get some work done preferentially. It can be as big as those multi-crore scams or even as small as a bribe of Rs. 10. In my opinion, people from every economic level & strata are involved in it. Mind you i'm not at all saying that everyone is corrupt.
But I'm saying that people involved in corrupt practices can be seen in all sections of the population. So blaming only the politicians for corruption is just wrong.
Corruption is caused by two reasons : need & greed. People with low incomes have to take bribes to earn their livelihood and other people are just plain and simple greedy.
And in my opinion it is this greedy people that form the major element of corrupt practices. And better vigilance (Lokpal) will definitely be helpful in stopping this menace but that will be action by fear (e.g. fear of losing their job or fear of action them).
What about the Morality of it all ? Shouldn't our spiritual gurus like Baba Ramdev use their mass following to teach a lesson of morality to people to stop engaging in such activities.
Corruption is like a multi-story building, and if you keep smashing it's pillars the building has to collapse. What i mean is saintly people like Baba Ramdev & Shri Anna Hazzare, can't they use all their charm and mass following to teach a lesson of morality as well ? By telling people to themselves not involve in corrupt practices.
If there will be no participants, there will be no corruption.
They can keep going with their Government & Parliament bashing way of protest, but in the sidelines why don't they try to teach our people to take the moral high ground and be the great moral country that we used to proclaim ourselves as.
I'm not saying that this way there will no corruption or we don't need lokpal or anything like that. Instead what I'm saying is why not attack corruption from grass root levels as well.
And since their is huge following of both our civil activists groups, why not take this opportunity to teach the citizens of our country to be moral, ethical & above all good human beings.
First of all What is corruption and who all are involved in it ? Corruption can be vaguely defined as misuse of an official position by preferential treatment for own vested interests. It can be seen around quite frequently in India where one pays a bribe to get some work done preferentially. It can be as big as those multi-crore scams or even as small as a bribe of Rs. 10. In my opinion, people from every economic level & strata are involved in it. Mind you i'm not at all saying that everyone is corrupt.
But I'm saying that people involved in corrupt practices can be seen in all sections of the population. So blaming only the politicians for corruption is just wrong.
Corruption is caused by two reasons : need & greed. People with low incomes have to take bribes to earn their livelihood and other people are just plain and simple greedy.
And in my opinion it is this greedy people that form the major element of corrupt practices. And better vigilance (Lokpal) will definitely be helpful in stopping this menace but that will be action by fear (e.g. fear of losing their job or fear of action them).
What about the Morality of it all ? Shouldn't our spiritual gurus like Baba Ramdev use their mass following to teach a lesson of morality to people to stop engaging in such activities.
Corruption is like a multi-story building, and if you keep smashing it's pillars the building has to collapse. What i mean is saintly people like Baba Ramdev & Shri Anna Hazzare, can't they use all their charm and mass following to teach a lesson of morality as well ? By telling people to themselves not involve in corrupt practices.
If there will be no participants, there will be no corruption.
They can keep going with their Government & Parliament bashing way of protest, but in the sidelines why don't they try to teach our people to take the moral high ground and be the great moral country that we used to proclaim ourselves as.
I'm not saying that this way there will no corruption or we don't need lokpal or anything like that. Instead what I'm saying is why not attack corruption from grass root levels as well.
And since their is huge following of both our civil activists groups, why not take this opportunity to teach the citizens of our country to be moral, ethical & above all good human beings.
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