Our world believes in division of work ,so the state commits rights and people commit duties.In essence,this seems to me like the old tendency of pushing labour onto the other's table.
In this push and counter push,the thankless morality task has fallen on the common man's lap.It is his daily fight to keep integrated his body and soul,keep his moral world untouched from the price rise,corruption and degradation of the state's moral world.
On the other hand,the politician and his associates (read state) are free from this inhibiting moral business altogether.
In this country,only the powerful are the deserving.Otherwise how do candidates with grave criminal charges against them (murder, rape, kidnap) have the audacity to think of fighting an election?
In any other modern democracy,a politician merely suspected of embezzlement comes under fiery scanners.
But in India,the EC wont hear of debarring candidates with criminal charges,
I wonder exactly how many ‘innocent’ victims,falsely implicated by enemy camps,will suffer if such a law was passed?
Is it really so easy to charge an enemy with murder and rape ?If charging were so easy, why then do young women find it so difficult to even file a complaint of molestation or harrassment with the police?Recall the case of model Kirtana Krishna from Bangalore.
Ofcourse it could be,that police apathy is specially reserved for the common man,while the service is specially reserved for the 'deserving' again.
We on the other hand pay for both the police and the politicians ,to ensure firstly,that we commoners are well betrayed,and secondly,that they can serve each other in their times of need.
Our fish ,we know ,is rotten from the head down.That is why,tainted ministers,while lodged in jail,can spend days reading poems without a trace of tension in their demeanor.Our political elite has set very low standards of ethics for themselves,hence institutionalized corruption for the entire state machinery.
What can we do in times like this?Can the common man's moral world expand into the parliaments ,judiciary,police systems?Can 'deserving' mean cleaner candidates instead of cash rich ones?
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well...do you really believe that all of us, or at least most of us can be truly selfless...???...i think, if we can, then there might be a small possibility of the formation of a world where 'deserving' would mean cleaner candidates instead of cash rich ones.
ReplyDeleteIs it any different in other parts of the world? Even in developed countries, you have the same... just covered up by a tinge of process and fairness! The bottom line still remains the same, unfortunately!
ReplyDelete@Sayan - If not selfless,at least a bit more conscientious? @Mousumi - Well,atleast after a scandal ,people responsible do resign,and stay shy of public attention.Here ,scandals seem to boost their hunger.
ReplyDeleteIn developed countries, at least most of them, the rule of law usually applies equally to all. I agree there are exceptions, but unlike India, they are in a minority.
ReplyDeleteAlmost all of our MPs are crorepatis. Many of them have criminal records. But the only thing all lawmakers agree on is to increase their salaries and prevent the rule of law being applied to them. That's why they oppose Lokpal Bill, that's why they will never pass a law to bar criminal candidates from election.
They say it's for the people to decide. Are they in a position to decide? When a vote can be bought for a piece of chicken, universal adult franchise is a travesty.
@Sourya - yes u are right.And I know cynicism doesnt make the system any better..I wish we knew a way out..Ours is a deep mess..
ReplyDelete@Sreya - Aren't I, always? :) In order to put things straight, and in response to the clamorous appeal of the mango people, or "aam aadmi", I have decided to join politics. But only after I make my fortune so that I won't look towards politics to make one...of course, that's no guarantee, but stiiiiilllll.....
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