Lets retrospect.. Who are we???

India is at the crossroad where society at large, has appeared on the roads to demonstrate their earnest dissent against the corruption that has engulfed every sphere and sector of human living. The awareness and the will to remonstration is the golden lining in the otherwise cold and dejected civilization. Recently the society was on the verge of turning into the clutter of ever complaining people, who were bloated with pent up anger against the prevailing dishonesty that had swallowed up their surroundings..
But,
The very same lot did not possess the will to show resentment. All that they did was leading the Ostrich living. In fact the common man enjoyed the most powerful weapon called voting right but kept himself away from practicing that influence which would bring about distinctive change in their lives. In stead these ability got manipulated with money power on lots of occasions.
This throws sufficient light on the fabric of the Indian society of current times. The society that has turned up largely on the roads, to exemplify their severe gripe against the so called corruption..
Well enough and why not?
It would project a mature outlook of the society...
But,
The truth is sadly very different.
We, as a society are hugely corrupt lot. These words may sound extremely harsh and rather heartbreaking to not few but to large.
But,
If we shake the very existence of all of us, if we dwell deeper into souls we would be able to pinpoint number of findings that would shock us greatly. At the moment, the people’s elected representative, whom we call politician is at the receiving end of accusations for the corruption incurred by him.
Rightly so..
But,
Who is the politician?
Surely, not slumped from the sky. He is born, brought up and has been part and parcel of the same society that we all hail from and not a resident of another planet. Thus, it could be you, me or one of us nurtured by the same society.
And,
That is the precise reason why the corruption has overwhelmed the entire system. It has become style statement to criticize the authority for the sleaze but in the same breath get our own work done by bribing and adopting easier way out rather than following the routine.
For ex. We take pleasure in accusing the police force for letting the person pass freely, after receiving a fifty rupee note as bribe for not stopping at red light or driving in the wrong lane and refusing to surrender their license or on more serious note, do drunken driving.
We criticize the doctors for charging colossal amounts for hospitalization of simple ailments but we make a deal with the same doctor for preparing still gigantic bill to be submitted for Mediclaim and giving the doc share from the extra earned amount!!!
We buy motor pumps and pull off water supply from the adjoining buildings. If the officials of Water Works department get aware of this and demand Chai-Paani, we blame them for ushering to corruption.
We constantly blame the authority for power shortage, but purchased 7.5 Horse Power generator and use the air-conditioner on full blast and have set the meter in such a manner that the bill is minimum by bribing the electricity official.
We do not pay maintenance for the flat, as the tiles of the buildings are broken and lift is not in up-to-date condition. Then why pay the maintenance?
We crib about the public buses and their shabby conditions but manage to get down at the stop before the conductor can manage to come to charge you for the ticket. Why pay for commuting in dilapidated vehicle?
We blame our uneducated people with least civic sense regarding their unruly traffic sense and heat due to global warming but keep the air-conditioner on high, even while in parking and then complain of petrol price hike that would kill our economy.
We refrain from paying taxes to the Govt and insist our C.A. as well as Tax Planner to manage to pay the least taxes to the Govt...
The list is unending..
We take aid for easy survival from the bug word termed BRIBE which is also known as CORRUPTION.
This big word has imbibed so damn thoroughly into our lives that we have accepted it as our birth right.
But,
Then our consciousness which shoots up sometime, drive us to condemn the corruption on the whole. All we do is, reprimand corruption done by others and give a passing certificate to our own sleaze act.
But,
Do not forget, the one whom we prefer to blame, is one of us..
And,
We are the same lot, the corrupt society..