Anna Hazare has made a wave against corruption in India not so long ago. But the whole rubble that was raised looks so distant now that it seems ages before when he was fasting (.. until death which did not happen.. thankfully!! otherwise we would have got another God / godly saint to bear with)
Now he is busy making one after other sensational remarks, latest being, against Gujarat and its CM Narendra Modi. As if it was an afterthought to clean up Anna's own image which was tarnished among so called intellectuals (read socialites) of our country after he praised Narendra Modi, again no so long ago. This about turn of his opinion about Narendra Modi in particular and Gujarat in general makes me think the sanctity of Anna's intentions. Here I may well be wrong (and I want to be proved wrong) but this shows another kind of corruption one can be involved with. The intellectual corruption. If I mould my opinions depending on which forum I am talking on or to align them to the thoughts of people who are organizing my talks, in my view is a form of corruption. When Anna is with Narendra Modi he praises him and when he is with the original Mallika of India (the Sarabhai I mean) he disowns Modi. Suddenly Gujarat, which he hailed as epitome of good governance two months back becomes one of the most corrupt state of India. Will Anna tell us which statement to believe?
Now talking of corruption in India, I think it is so hardwired in our behavior that it has almost become part of our genes. Yes, I am a firm believer that somehow socialism which prevailed over our governance principles for over 50 years post independence is responsible. The kind of limited resources and the quota system which resulted due to socialist style of governance are responsible for our behavior of accumulating too much before anybody else can do that.
Now this corruption with socialistic pattern will not go away with socialitic (of, by and for socialites) revolution which we saw couple of months back. While I am not interested in defending Mr Modi, Anna!, working with socialites and modifying your statements to suit them will not change the society which allegedly you are interested in. The cancer of corruption needs more than a skin deep treatment. We need another Gandhi and I am convinced it is not you, Anna.
Now he is busy making one after other sensational remarks, latest being, against Gujarat and its CM Narendra Modi. As if it was an afterthought to clean up Anna's own image which was tarnished among so called intellectuals (read socialites) of our country after he praised Narendra Modi, again no so long ago. This about turn of his opinion about Narendra Modi in particular and Gujarat in general makes me think the sanctity of Anna's intentions. Here I may well be wrong (and I want to be proved wrong) but this shows another kind of corruption one can be involved with. The intellectual corruption. If I mould my opinions depending on which forum I am talking on or to align them to the thoughts of people who are organizing my talks, in my view is a form of corruption. When Anna is with Narendra Modi he praises him and when he is with the original Mallika of India (the Sarabhai I mean) he disowns Modi. Suddenly Gujarat, which he hailed as epitome of good governance two months back becomes one of the most corrupt state of India. Will Anna tell us which statement to believe?
Now talking of corruption in India, I think it is so hardwired in our behavior that it has almost become part of our genes. Yes, I am a firm believer that somehow socialism which prevailed over our governance principles for over 50 years post independence is responsible. The kind of limited resources and the quota system which resulted due to socialist style of governance are responsible for our behavior of accumulating too much before anybody else can do that.
Now this corruption with socialistic pattern will not go away with socialitic (of, by and for socialites) revolution which we saw couple of months back. While I am not interested in defending Mr Modi, Anna!, working with socialites and modifying your statements to suit them will not change the society which allegedly you are interested in. The cancer of corruption needs more than a skin deep treatment. We need another Gandhi and I am convinced it is not you, Anna.
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Different view...yeah now that has made think abt their intentions!!
When you say intellectual corruption, it reminds me of my english tutor who had a govt job and he used to call himself a very corrupt person.
I asked him, did you took any bribe, he said, no its not just about the money. As a govt servant, I am supposed to serve for the cause of government for 8 hours a day with all my attention. However, I just work 2 hours a day and rest of the time, I am just happy dozing off in the comfort of my house.
This way, more than half of my salary is like a bribe and I am the most intellectualy corrupt person.
@Sid - hats off to such people who still think on those lines.
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