I wrote this in my other blog..so thought this one shud be here. So, here it is.
Well actually I wanted to write a post on a news item I saw today. I heard in the news that some people are protesting against the movie Munnabhai 2....I dunno, I usually listen to such news....they are less depressing...however, I did not listen to this one. I was simply tired...of all the bull shit...Have I lost that idealism? Hmm..I do not think so..to date if I have to fight something, I enjoy the challenge and do not give it up. So, back to the protest. These protestors were raving and ranting against the portrayal of Gandhiji in the movie. Ya right! There was one typical tapori looking guy saying " Arre....aise kaise Gandhi ko tapori ko galat cheezen sikhaate hue dikha sakte hain?" The 'galat cheezen' he was talking about referred to Gandhiji's encouragement of Sanjay Dutt's affair with Vidya Balan.
Point no. 1: What a protest when we have children dying of hunger and women being raped every 15 mins!
Point no.2: I have seen the movie and there is no single instance in the movie where Gandhiji has sent the wrong signal or message. In fact, he propogates what we respect or should I say respected as Gandhian Principles now only called Gandhigiri in the movie! Also, even when Sanjay Dutt is extremely frustrated, he does NOT deride or abuse Gandhiji in any way.
Therefore , there is absolutely no disrespect shown to Gandhiji or to his principles in this movie. In fact, I enjoyed the idealism in the movie...be it the old man stripping and giving his clothes as bribes, in front of the Govt Officer when he did not receive his pension. I was wondering if we should try something like that...mebbe not stripping! But something that the whole nation could try, and just refuse to give bribes. I wonder in such cases what can the government do?
Also, I think the media as a whole should stop covering such protests, considering that this is absolutely unnecessary even if the movie propogates anti Gandhian ideas because the Censor Board is equipped to take care of that. I wonder why we cannot protest about the right things...bribes taken by Govt Officials, but protest against a movie which has been cleared by our over and ever cautious Censor Board...
I know not many know I blog...but if you find this, can you tell me some innovative ideas how to get work done by not bribing?
3 comments:
Well it depends on the situation.
If a traffic constable asks you for bribe, then you simply refuse. typically he'll tell you that he'll take you to the police station. you should go with him and call your parents and also let the inspector know what a deucebag the traffic constable has been.
making things available online could reduce corruption. as an example, when i booked tickets at a railway station, the first few members of EACH line (there were 6-7 of them) were occupied by gruff looking agents who took money from ppl to book tickets. by booking tickets online, no need to deal with those idiots.
the government should also participate actively. for example, sending an anonymous person as a civilian to "check ouut" activities at government offices (where corruption is rife).
on the other hand, how about the original blogger talk abt something positive now :) ??
I understand the world is filled with a lot of hatred, anger, corruption, but at the same time a lot of positive things are also happening. and more than likely, the media wont cover it because there is no "masala" in it. its easy to dig negativity (munnabhai, women being raped, religious conflicts etc etc etc). its easy to see something nice and find fault with it or criticize it or ridicule it. its ewasy to turn a positive into a negative.
but if we think abt it, it IS hard to pick something positive and write abt it as pasionately as writing abt negativity!! it is harder to turn a negative into a positive. for example, media covers women being raped, but i am sure they are being saved from being raped as well. nobody digs that up. hindu-muslims are clashing, but i have muslim friends and i am sure there are places where hindus and muslims coexist peacefully. does the media cover abt that....heck no! to show one face of a coin is nice, but showing the other face of the coin preserves fairness :)
any thoughts :) ?
:) Thanks pnoasnidtiinvie! I tried to post a comment on your blog, but well..I stopped writing sometime back. Not that there have been no negative things happening, but generally. But ya, you are right! I will restart blogging :) and hopefully, about positive things too!
From 2007 to 2014,the governance has considerably improved! Though I was a 9th standard student when you wrote this, I can say with conviction that system has indeed improved.
Yet, the issue is very much deep rooted as it involves human greed and necessities of the people involved.
I refuse to talk about the big level below the table transactions here, as the people usually affected by this practice of giving bribes are generally the ones belonging to lower strata in the society who are in the dire need to get the things done.
The cost of basic necessities and owing to present day life style requirements, people working in low level grades in sovereign functions and other government offices resort to this practice. Remember, to secure a job as an ordinary check post officer (for indirect taxes compliance) in a remote Highway costs you 5-6 lakhs.(I haven't factored in the caste, quota and reference requirements for this). Any average educated person with a family dependent on him will try to recover the price he has paid.
So for this extremely complex, multilayered system ranging between various 'secular' States and departments, to deliver a little change, the number of factors to be taken into consideration are ginormous. I wish im not caught in the vicious circle of life where after my studies I've to find a job to support my family, instead of pursuing my passion of economic research. And yeah, even if I could, affordability and opportunity cost for a guy from lower middle class Tamil brahmin family (thanks to the system, my 99% won't secure an iim admit whereas 60% of another person does count)
So I started with corruption and look where I ended up... This much for an edho average educated boy, being the one who studied MPC with CSc and as he couldn't afford engineering fees, took up a finance related field of CA.
Now imagine the plight of this BIG nation and villages and under developed towns other than those 5-6 metro status attained cities.
People gotta do what they could to survive. You would do a similar thing, if not the same, to get things done.
But coming back to your point, in future, below examples can be highly useful..
Like this innovative site, http://attendance.gov.in, government can actually create an online complaint box. On a larger level, many processes could be automated as this generation is exposed to technology unlike 90s. India ain't DPRK.
The online complaints lodged if linked to the respective departments and offices, and made public, people on top will get to know what is going wrong and where.
But taking action against all complaints at once is not possible. So for selecting the corrupt person, we can have an algorithm in the system which selects the person and gives the details. Public can be given guidelines on how to give complaints, which should enable the system to categorise the level of offense involved, turn around time required to resolve etc, and complaints shall be monitored real time. It's value creation right?
Also, check this http://www.jago.in/news_desc.php?nid=100
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