My friend has put me in a fix. He questioned instead of criticizing and negating attempts why don't you come up with alternatives. I remembered Khalid Mohamed a film critic who made lives of film directors miserable with his criticisms. When he made a movie he was a grand failure.Yet i took up the advice from my friend.
Yes. I am no way in agreement with sri Anna Hazares so called fight against corruption. Then can we stamp out the menace ? Am I cynic in dumping a great movement in Modern India? Am i direction less and foolish to accept victory of a great fasting?Am i single in this thought line?
Long years back vikranth proposed to do something to the cause of nation. My students all over share the same concern
Hence forth this blog is open to suggestions advices and whatever that can improvise our nation. Let this be a forum to present solutions to everlasting problems
I want the author of this blog to write his opinion and steps of the action plan instead of waiting for everybody's views and summarizing the views. Further I request the author to specify the topic like schools, corruption, constitution, economic policies etc whatever and give his opinion and seek opinion. Let the tone and tenor be set for the debate to discuss and arrive at conclusions. what say you??
ReplyDeleteThe sudden rush for a stringent action against corruption in the form of creation of a powerful Lokpal, being termed as the 2nd freedom struggle by all.I accept with R.K Sir's view and there is no truth in terming this movement as a 2nd freedom struggle.Having seen a bit of corruption in my life and being a victim of it, still I don't feel that Anna's movement would solve the issue.A few might say that someone is doing something,atleast support him.But when someone's acts have better chances of vintage rather than betterment there is no point in supporting it.
ReplyDeleteThe positive point though is that it has bought some serious concern amongst people of this menace.
Having seen the masses and the backdrop players supporting the movement in Delhi, I fell the right wing faction of India is playing a key role in extending it's support to the movement for reaching it's desired ends rather than fighting against corruption.
Moreover in a country fed up with morethan 150 odd 24*7 news channels needs continous input of news and this hunger for news has created too much hype around the movement rather than addressing the real concerns.
Possible steps to contain corruption:
1.Usage of technological advances to make delivery systems more efficent,rapid and accountable at the ground level.
2.Participation of people at the grass root levels has to be strengthened for successful delivery of any services.
3.Only when the voices of the people who are affected by the service delivery are heard the real problems can be solved rather than a bunch of people sitting in a closed room and thinking of how to solve the problems.
4.Ending corruption is not only about creating a Lokpal, but also about bringing in relevant reforms in the Economic,Police,Judicial and other relevant fronts of the system.
Finally creation of a new body to tackle corruption should not hamper the performance of those officers who sincerely perform their duty.
I would like to express my view on the demand of including the PM under the Lokpal.PM being the highest political representative of the people of India need to have certain discretionary powers while performing his duty which can't be questioned everytime, So how can the PM be placed under the Lokpal when it directly effects the administration of the country?
I conclude by saying " Action from only one end disturbs the entire setup.Bringing in relevant changes in all relevant fronts and approaching in a holistic form is required to contain corruption.As this movement is lacking this basic logic i can't extend my support. "
Framing the corruption debate only in the terms of the state versus Mr Hazare-led "civil society" threatens to trivialise the war on corruption and augurs ill for India.
ReplyDeleteTackling corruption will require much more than a strong law. It would require ending many of the discretionary powers of ministers and officials, sweeping electoral reforms, cutting red-tape, streamlining subsidies, and making existing laws work to punish wrongdoers swiftly.
Courtesy: BBC News
sam said some brain storming things - but where is ram the author of the blog
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