Once upon a time Indian was called
as a “Golden Sparrow सोणे की चिडिया “ ,
why was so called ?
Mark Twain a famous American writer
(November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910) wrote, why India is called a "Golden Sparrow". He quoted:
The land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of
splendour and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii
and giants and Aladdin lamps, of tigers and elephants, the cobra and the
jungle, the country of hundred nations and a hundred tongues, of a thousand
religions and two million Gods, cradle of the human race, birthplace of human
speech, mother of history, grandmother of legend, great-grandmother of
traditions, whose yesterday’s bear date with the modering antiquities for the
rest of nations-the one sole country under the sun that is endowed with an
imperishable interest for alien prince and alien peasant, for lettered and
ignorant, wise and fool, rich and poor, bond and free, the one land that all
men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that
glimpse for the shows of all the rest of the world combined.
Wow when I was reading the
above I start feeling unlucky to be born in 19’s why I did not born in 18’s. Since I start understating
the world around me , maybe I was 8 years age. I had seen everywhere selfish
people. Very few of them that too in villages only who will welcome you to
their homes without any benefit expecting form you. I think every human on this
earth 1st think of his/her happiness then others. And this may be
the main reason of corruption.
What is corruption as per the Dictionary
“Misuse of power for own benefit”
It means all the people who
ask for money or any indirect favour to perform our (public) job which is their
prime responsibility is corruption and it is a crime. And All of us including
me we prefer to pay some money to get done our job in less time. So who is
culprit we as a public or the officers who take extra money for us.
We are equally responsible for
the corruption equally with those corrupt officers. Just think of a general
case of any common man who can afford to pay extra money, can he/she prefer to
stand in a queue if there is an option of going inside directly by paying Rs. 100,
the answer will be, my 1 hr is more valuable than Rs 100, I would rather pay
100 bucks and finish my work.
We forget our licence at home
, forget to wear seat belt , forget to wear helmet , break the signal , enter
in no entry , park in no-parking zone and when police will catch you , you straight
away offer him bribe saying “ are sahib kuch le de ke khatam karo na , maine
jan boz kar rule nahi toda , toda urgency main tha aur mere se ho gaya” . Who
stupid will deny the offer , after all he has his expeneces. Now tell me who is
culprit we are the officer. If you are paying and will to pay and keep breaking
the rule , don’t ever expect from the PM or CM that they will end the
corruption for you , start from you and them tell others , that’s what our
parents and teachers taught us , isn't it true.
India’s corruption score in
2014 is 38/100 means, out of 100 jobs you have to pay for 38 extra money or
bribe. And bribe payers score is 7.5/10, means out 10 almost 8 people are ready
to get done their job with short cut by bribe or trying to pay money as a bribe
for breaking the laws. While the same China is 36/100 and 6.5/10, While China
was double in years 2000 in case of corruption index.
Corruption start from our home,
we as a mother and father tells out kid,
if your bring this time 90% I will buy you a PS4 , Husband brings a new phone as
a gift to wife in lieu of forgetting their marriage anniversary , I invited my boss
for a cocktail dinner party when the increment period was near , that did not
help me to get good increments but it was a bribe. it’s not in India only everywhere in the world
it is happening but breaking law and paying bribe I think it a biggest crime .
Just guess your close relative
has been knocked by a truck which you have seen by your own eyes and you knew
that it was pure mistake of a truck driver but after few days you came to know
that he paid some money and the police changed the statement or destroy some of
the evidences which may shows the driver is guilty and he may be behind bars,
in this case you will blame entire nation, entire system, government and police
for corruption and bribery but when you jump the signal and the police wanted
to prepare a challan against you , you never agree with heart.
Out system starts from us , We
have to follow rules and if by mistake if anything happens wrong by any means
by us we must be ready to pay fine in a legal way which will teach us the lesson
or will remind us when next time we will try to break the rule. If decide not
to pay bribe and bust the corrupt officers soon we will on the line of china
which growing at the speed of light and some economics are predicting that in
2050 China will be biggest economy even can cross USA. If china our neighbor can do that why can’t we.
Jai Hind
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