Be it our Public Administrations, Various Government Offices, PSUs, and even the Political Systems we need people to have the ambition and aspiration to work as hard as they can inorder to move forward in their careers and for the betterment of our nation.
To curb huge menaces like corruption, we need a zeal in our systems where the only way forward is to work and that too as efficiently and effectively as one can. It should be something like "this way or the highway". Moreover in our Public Systems and offices we need the discipline of the private sector (work - you grow, don't - you are thrown).
We need 1. Motivation 2. Honesty 3. Efficiency 4. Effectiveness - for a developing country like ours to thrive.
However such an environment can only be built/survive if people at the highest levels, our leaders show us the right way, but that seems to be one of the problems. I'm hinting here at the recent comments made by Mr. Charan Das Mahant (an Union Minister of state for Agriculture and Food Processing and CG Congress Committee's acting President). He said " If Congress president Sonia Gandhi asks me to pick up a broom and sweep state Congress office in Chhattisgarh, I would do it".
In his statement the problem is not with his intention to pick up a broom and sweep, in fact that's quite noble and shows his humility. But the problem is with the language and the way it is framed shows and highlights "Sycophancy" i.e. wining people or getting favors by flattering influential people.
And as per media reports (and not my own assessment as I've not been a part of any political system) such sycophancy strives in our political systems where you have to be a "Sycophant" or a "chamcha" (in Hindi) to make your way forward.
However if people of such high stature as a Union Minister indulge in such statements and acts, what message and motivation does it give to the common man ?
In our Country, we need people to strongly put forward their views and also follow orders but only when they agree with it within the boundaries of the system.
To curb huge menaces like corruption, we need a zeal in our systems where the only way forward is to work and that too as efficiently and effectively as one can. It should be something like "this way or the highway". Moreover in our Public Systems and offices we need the discipline of the private sector (work - you grow, don't - you are thrown).
We need 1. Motivation 2. Honesty 3. Efficiency 4. Effectiveness - for a developing country like ours to thrive.
However such an environment can only be built/survive if people at the highest levels, our leaders show us the right way, but that seems to be one of the problems. I'm hinting here at the recent comments made by Mr. Charan Das Mahant (an Union Minister of state for Agriculture and Food Processing and CG Congress Committee's acting President). He said " If Congress president Sonia Gandhi asks me to pick up a broom and sweep state Congress office in Chhattisgarh, I would do it".
In his statement the problem is not with his intention to pick up a broom and sweep, in fact that's quite noble and shows his humility. But the problem is with the language and the way it is framed shows and highlights "Sycophancy" i.e. wining people or getting favors by flattering influential people.
And as per media reports (and not my own assessment as I've not been a part of any political system) such sycophancy strives in our political systems where you have to be a "Sycophant" or a "chamcha" (in Hindi) to make your way forward.
However if people of such high stature as a Union Minister indulge in such statements and acts, what message and motivation does it give to the common man ?
In our Country, we need people to strongly put forward their views and also follow orders but only when they agree with it within the boundaries of the system.
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