Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Why India is not able to control corruption
Suresh Kalmadi, Madhu Koda, Jayalalitha and lots of other billionaires, who have amassed a fortune have been able to do so not because of any entrepreneurial talent or effort but by sheer loot of tax-payers' money. The problem of India is not stray incidents of corruption but the mindset common Indians have cultivated. The prime aim of anybody who becomes incharge of any government affair once would be to rob and collect as much money as he can within the shortest span possible. I hesitate to visit the government offices such as the municipality, the Tehsil, City Development authorities and many other government offices where baboos with a large-tummy, simply refuse to talk to you if do not part with at least a 500 Rupee note to start with. They will need months to execute a task which simply includes a file to be picked from dusted heaps and processed. So I am not very positive on an overnight change in the psychology of the people until a large scale socio-cultural revoltuion in brought about. It seems to me that money gods have taken control of people's mind here and robbers, looters and fraudsters cannot be tamed at least in the near future, till the time we continue having a collective mindset to ignore the corruption as part of our society as something which is not so threatening, not so fatal.
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Most of the communities in India (such as Bengali), are succumbed in 'Culture of Poverty'(a theory introduced by an American anthropologist Oscar Lewis), irrespective of class or economic strata, lives in pavement or apartment. Nobody is at all ashamed of the deep-rooted corruption, decaying general quality of life, worst Politico-administrative system, weak mother language, continuous absorption of common space (mental as well as physical, both). We are becoming fathers & mothers only by self-procreation, mindlessly & blindfold. Simply depriving their(the children) fundamental rights of a decent, caring society, fearless & dignified living. Do not ever look for any other positive alternative behaviour (values) to perform human way of parenthood, i.e. deliberately co-parenting of those children those are born out of ignorance, real poverty. All of us are being driven only by the very animal instinct. If the Bengali people ever be able to bring that genuine freedom (from vicious cycle of 'poverty') in their own life/attitude, involve themselves in 'Production of Space’(Henri Lefebvre), at least initiate a movement by heart, decent & dedicated Politics will definitely come up.
- Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, 16/4, Girish Banerjee Lane, Howrah-711101.
Well said, Siddhartha !
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