Without going much into the details of the various corruption and other charges leveled against the big ministers, politicians and prominent people, this post refers to the 'Aura' of corruption created nowadays and its consequences.
During the past few days there have been numerous allegations against many people be it politicians, bureaucrats, social activists etc. and there have been many "media trials" going on 24*7 with people from all the involved sections defending themselves and accusing others.
I might not agree with these things being almost put to trial in the media instead of the proper judicial system, or even the fact that some people just want to gain some political points or play the politics of perception. But instead of all that i can see a merit in these.
With the sudden burst of all these corruption cases and their trials being held so openly in public domains, and with people digging out something almost out of nothing, what is being created is a 'fear' - fear of getting caught.
and this fear is good ! it is good for our society and our Nation.
With such rampant vigilance and the fear of being caught, people will refrain from getting involved in corrupt practices and quid pro quo(s). The Right to Information act, the media and the social activists have been and will continue to play a major role in this direction.
And in a country like ours where we have huge amounts of corruption almost everywhere and public policies never actually reaching out to the target people this is the "need" of the hour.
However as our Hon. Prime Minister pointed out as well that a fine balance is required to be maintaied between RTI and personal privacy, similarly huge amount of care (proper proofs & evidences) needs to be taken before such public allegations and charges.
During the past few days there have been numerous allegations against many people be it politicians, bureaucrats, social activists etc. and there have been many "media trials" going on 24*7 with people from all the involved sections defending themselves and accusing others.
I might not agree with these things being almost put to trial in the media instead of the proper judicial system, or even the fact that some people just want to gain some political points or play the politics of perception. But instead of all that i can see a merit in these.
With the sudden burst of all these corruption cases and their trials being held so openly in public domains, and with people digging out something almost out of nothing, what is being created is a 'fear' - fear of getting caught.
and this fear is good ! it is good for our society and our Nation.
With such rampant vigilance and the fear of being caught, people will refrain from getting involved in corrupt practices and quid pro quo(s). The Right to Information act, the media and the social activists have been and will continue to play a major role in this direction.
And in a country like ours where we have huge amounts of corruption almost everywhere and public policies never actually reaching out to the target people this is the "need" of the hour.
However as our Hon. Prime Minister pointed out as well that a fine balance is required to be maintaied between RTI and personal privacy, similarly huge amount of care (proper proofs & evidences) needs to be taken before such public allegations and charges.
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