Initiate

Four days ago terrorist have attacked once again in India, killing over 150 people of different religion, different communities and different countries. Turn on the television set, on every channel there is some sensational story going on. It really feels good to see the unity of this country. Everyone is so united here, everyone is putting the blame of all these tragic events so unitedly on the government, on the public servants and on the politicians. Some of the more intellectual ones are even pointing fingers at Pakistan and its supposedly government sponsored terror groups.

But wait...let us first analyze that who these people are who are sitting together in front of a video camera and discussing the topic called "Corruption in the government machinery".

• These are the same people who when see some accident or bomb explosion, make a big crowd of 'angry spectators', even though their gathering is causing a hindrance in the government relief operations.
• These are the same people who instead of suggesting any new reforms simply criticize every new government policy (reference to Farm loan waiver).
• These are the same people who knows everything about Fundamental Rights granted by our Constitution but knows little about Fundamental duties.
• These are the same people who believe in only big things. They can spend hours in talking of revolutions but they don't have any time to educate a poor kid for an hour daily.
• These are the same people who want resignation of Home Minister but they don't know anything about National Security Adviser.
• These are the same people who are unsatisfied with the performance of the incumbent government but does not know the election manifesto of the party they had voted for(if at the least they had voted).
• These are the same people who knows every thing about Sarah Palin but they don't know the name of Vice-President of India.
• These are the same people who pays only Rs 500 to their maids but want them to work as long as possible.
• These are the same people who on one hand talk of making the government jobs more lucrative to hire the best talent but when facilities are given to these officials, they raise fingers on the every rupee which is spent on these facilities.
• These are same people who break law at every possible point, when they go to the places of worship they push each other. when they get caught by the traffic policemen they try to bribe him. They smoke inside office premises, they booze before the age at which they are legally permitted to do it. their kids before attaining the age of 18 somehow manages to get a driving licence.
• These are the same people who all the time talk of corrupt government officials but they themselves hide their real incomes. They don't disclose all the sources of their income to the income tax department.
• These are the same people who talk of moral responsibilities but at the same time find some new excuses for coming late to the office, skipping their schools and colleges, breaking every traffic rule where ever possible.
• These are the same people who consider every green coloured flag as the flag of Pakistan.

We should understand this simple fact that there are certain things which we can do and certain other things which we cannot do. We cannot throw each of these politicians out of their offices. We cannot just go out and put every corrupt person behind bars. But what we can do is that we can understand what is necessary for us, we can prioritize our choices and start with the change we can bring about. If each one of us will begin today with a thing as trivial as saying no to bribe or saying no to nepotism or disclosing our real incomes to the income tax department or educating a poor child or giving food to hungry or providing shelter to a destitute. This world will be a better place after 5 years.