Corruption; an inextricable disease

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Corruption has become a cancer of the society. Every individual who takes bribes or had to give bribes is a victim of corruption. Corruption led Anna Hazare to agitation for a bill to crush this evil element which is hollowing economic of the country as white-ant eats not only woods but also everything. This time so many ministers and businessmen are languishing in jails due to corruption.

Indeed, corruption is not a problem. It will die its own death if sources of corruption be eliminated. What is happening on the ground is that every one of us talks about the symbols of corruption. We think if involved persons to be hanged, the corruption would get its own death. It is a negative thought that has %100 chances of failure.

Without addressing the sources of corruption, hoping of rooting out the corruption is just a dream. Government system, education system, educational institutions, syllabus which is being taught in pre-nursery to High level institutions we just read and study how the money to be made and from what sources.

Film industries and stories of TV serials turn round the money. They give a dream to every individual of becoming a billionaire overnight.

In short word, materialism has been permeated and infiltrated into our society where every time and every moment we discuss only about money and want to learn more tactics and tricks to enhance more sources to get more money. Every one of us wants a shortcut way to be enlisted in the list of billionaires. This materialism is a great source of corruption which cannot be removed except hard work and some constructive efforts.

The report circulated in media that Ms. Mayawati, chief minister of UP, had sent an empty jet for brining her sandals and the report of Janardhan Reddy for traveling from Bellary to Bangalore on his helicopter to have breakfast, exposes real face of materialism which is being taught to this new generation through educational institutions.

Though Ms. Mayawati refuted such reports, but there is something that is not disclosed to ordinary people.

Eventually, there is not a single reason to express shock over such reports, scams, scandals that are making headlines in our daily life and hue and cry over arresting of some political leaders for their involvement in scams or efforts to bring Jan Lokpal bill to curb corruption as all these efforts are useless and fruitless.

In a society where materialism is being taught and affectation of money, wealth and bank balance have a place to get respect, rights and post, if a minister travels from one place to another just to have breakfast or a businessman builds 27-storey house, one of world's most expensive homes in a city where one of the largest slums in the world is situated and where only one toilet per 1,440 residents (), scandals and scams are not a matter of shock.

All systems of the world, India has no exception, teaches how money can be made. Every individual from all walks of life, as per his own level is busy in making money through using all illegal ways and there is no role and educational system that prevent them from indulging in such activities that lead to money made by unknown resources.

Vegetable sellers are making money from their own tricks. Government officials have hundred ways to get money. MPs, ministers, MLAs, builders, businessmen etc have own tactics to enhance their bank balance.

Corruptions, scandals and lust of money did not build overnight. Every individual who is involved in corruption gets clues and support from the systems and educational institutions that have been a hub of materialism.

All systems adopted by so-called educationists and politicians state only about money and wealth. From Educational institutions to media, to government, to market, to film industry, to entertainment to luxury life styles, only paisa speaks. So, why we call scams and scandals; when any individual makes money.

When Anna Hazare and his supporters were agitating in Delhi for placing a strongest Jan Lokpal bill to eliminate corruptions, I was thinking how is it possible to stop the journey of corruption, while our entire system from top to bottom incites people and ordinary men for corruptions and where two systems existed, one for poor and one for rich class.

If government is serious in eliminating corruptions from the society so first it has to shun all policies incite the citizens and drag them to materialism. Educational system must be on the basis that instill fear of Allah into the hearts of students and people, and all policies and measures, which call to materialism, to be shut down immediately.

Is government ready to do that? The answer is no; because materialism is the back of the society that is claiming of being a best system in the word.

So, we have to prepare for experiencing of more scandals, more scams and more new and interested stories about corruptions.

08-09-2011