This happened way back when i was in 9th or 10th or something..times when maths was always an unsolved equation where 'x' will never be known, when geography was always about some kind of landscape and would usually dwell on what is it, why is it.. or the basic question Is it even there...
Coming back to the topic.. i hated civics and economics like hell, I kind of always had reasons to skip these classes ...but one day i forced myself for this particular classs....
Teacher : Which is the most corrupt nation students??
students ( in chorus) : INDIA..INDIA....IRAN...INDIA....AFRICA.....INDIA....
The teacher kind of gave a tough look to all of us and quitely scrapped the chalk on the board and wrote Somalia......hmmmmmm.....the entire class just broke out laughing....India was not even in the top 20... well not even in the top 50 ..it ranked 59 something....
corruption was ranked by something called as CPI ( Corruption Perception Index) than ranged from 0-10...
0-Totally out of hand-highly corrupt
10 - safe hands, no corruption..
The CPI rank for India was i guess 3 . something..not that clear and for Somalia it was 2 . something...... Numerically it did not make a huge difference but rank wise yes it was a big deal....
Talking about today, corruption in India has gone way out of hands.. last year it had a CPI rate of 2.9, form 3 . something to 2.9...
There is no one to blame for it other then we people itself but what else should the public do... everyone just wants their work to be done in the shortest possible time and if money is making it done then its cool with everyone. No one looks at it at a broader aspect... u have work to be done - go to the respective department- submit papers - some black money - next day - WORK DONE.....
That particular day , i remember my teacher telling each one us clearly " U r the future of India , dont ever put u r hands in your pocket if u have to take out money that has to go under the table and form other persons black money................ " i suppose that moral was taken in that class and even left in that class....
Few months back my passport was with-held and i had to go home for some important reasons...they were ready for releasing it provided i filled their pockets.... what option i had left with??? To register a complain at the police station and wait for the police to look into the matter...it was pretty obvious the police would demand a huge amount again...i had to pay where ever i go.....
Colleges openly take black money in the form of donation..what are parents supposed to do about this..they need good studies for their children, and if the administration demands money , they pay the money... no other go....
It just does not seem to end anywhere....its like in every part of out lives..from the time we get up to the time we sleep...What is the soultion for this?????????
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Earlier we used to make fun of Bihar...now the whole country is on the process of aligning with Bihar...
Atleast we attain national integration!
just now me n my colleagues were talkng about corruption in india..n there u go...good post buddy:)
have fun today!
Hey,
Its nice to hear that u r a blogger....a great way to go gal..seems like u have penned a lot of thoughts..i'll frequent it often..just keep updating it to facebook..thanks for visiting my blog..and u r visitor no.1..ha ha..tc.
The solution is to accept that we are a corrupt nation..but hope is there.maybe a few decades later,things will change..
thanks ya:)
To get rid of corruption, we first need to stop aiding the corrupts.
Also we need to start believing in our Police system and our govt. should try to provide our Police with the best of facilities, so that there won't be any need for them to ask for a bribe. Start penalizing the corrupt officials heavily. This would definitely create a bout of fear in them.
A difficult job it is, but not impossible to do. Need to make a Start though!
Good that you spared a moment to pen down your thoughts on such a critical issue! :)
We have the same problem in the Philippines. We now call it the "culture of corruption", embedded as it is in our lives.
http://ficklecattle.blogspot.com/
Well i have moaned and ranted on this a lot many times Corruption is in Our GENES now .. its in our blood..
so i doubt if it will go away ever... BUt the teacher was right the youngsters and the students now are the future so it has to start from there ...
We the citiznes are to be blamed , you cant blame a police man taking money because he has given lakhs himself to get into police and now its his turn to get that money back and salary wont do it ...
Same is the case with every Govt. office , they have to pay to get the job then they make money ...
@jon... ya we even spoke bout bihar that day in class... jus forgot to mentioned..thanx for reminding :)...
@R. ramesh buddy : even this idea jus came into my mind afta having a heated discussion wid my frnds.... thank u..
@ jingle : thanx..wishing u d same :)
@Mam : thanks for visiting mam...hop 2 c u arnd soon.. :)
@Niket : indeed. wad u said is ryt..but i guess its alrdy being done by our govt... its the nasty people who jus cant get enuf of eveything and nything....
@Fickle Cattle : " culture of corruption " lol...i lyk this..
thanx fo visiting...do be back soon :)
@Bikramjit : i got the same point of view... but who will pay them ??? india is still developing... will definitely take time....
thank u :)
Happy Thursday!
thanks for yr kind words friend...i am also consoling myself that daughter n her classmates were not hurt by the train robbers..
best wishes to u:)
Hey Mingled..
Trouble is tht theres no solution for this except if the youth decide to say no to corruption strictly ... But they dont when faced with real scenarios........ So.. sab chalta rehta hai.
Well, honestly, that is a long process. And one, at some point has to do something about it. All the best - you are going to need it a lot to deal with it. ;)
Jaggo Grahak Jagoo!:p
There is something called as grahak panchayat which takes care of this in my locality.
But there are wider options, and going to the police IS NOT one of them.
Corruption is highly contagious , dangerous than any dreadful disease. It already pushed India some 20 years or else we would have been a developed country now!
Until and unless corruption reduces India will be a developing country!
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