INDIAN ECONOMICS OF CORRUPTION

We Indians must be on the top layers of corruption in the world. When we call our country Mother India, we have no hesitation in stealing money and other forms of wealth from our mother without her knowledge. Our modus operandi is something like this:  Let's imagine that we have a large village with large population and large resources. Lot of developments are proposed in the annual budget. People are asked to pay huge amount of taxes to meet the proposed expenses. By the year end the President of the Village Association has purchased a bar. During the first week after opening the bar all the members of the village council were invited to the bar and provided them free drinks and free food every day. After a week it became twice in a week and in the third week the free service became once in a week. Then it became once in a month and after that it was  once in an year. And afterwards therewas no free business. 

Time went on. All council members started whispering between them that the President has cheated them taking people's money for investing in the bar business. They all have decided to ask him their share. Finally they threatened him and took large sum each. The President after pledging his house took huge sum from financiers. The council members, some party members and some media personnel started visiting the bar on daily basis. None of them made any payment to him and soon the financiers attached his property and he was to close the bar. Soon after that one of his own party members filed a suit against him in the court on extortion charges. At last as a very poor person he was sent behind bars. Finally he died in the jail.

What we have discussed here is about small and medium range of Indian corruption prevailing here. However there are high and very high range of corruption. Such corruption cases are mostly not exposed or caught.

If one has money he is respected even though his character is bad! On the other side, if one has no money he is not respected even though his character is good. One may get a medical seat not by his brilliance but by his father's money! And this money with interest is reimbursed in his marriage as dowry! Though we have tonnes of laws with us, who is there to complain and who is there to apply the law!

K V George