Preventing of corruption.

The Committee constituted by the Government of Kerala with a view to eradicate corruption augurs well.  I am loud in praise of their noble intention of taking all conceivable measures to root it out.  Corruption is a cancer and it has reached a crescendo to be of a national shame.  Left, right and centre of the country it stinks of utter shame. 

How to eradicate corruption is actually a sixty-four thousand dollar question.  Greed  to get rich quick has become almost a way of life among the people who have no scruples in life.  What is needed to be non-corrupt  is a question of mind over matter.  It’s the wish power that matters most than the will power to stop a force of a habit.  You must realize that money comes through back door isn’t worth the sacrifice of your moral principles. 

Corruption is a two-way trade, a giver and a taker being involved.  Both are promoters of corruption, to say the least.  They are both guilty too  to be punished,of course, with commonsense consideration in certain cases.  The anti-corruption  agency has a major role to play to rid the country of corruption.  They must keep a watchful eye, not to mention the whistleblowers’ part .  They should move around incognito keeping strict vigil where they smell the odour of corruption hangs about.   The punishment must be so drastic to strike a fear among the offenders.  All asssets in his/her possession must be freezed immediately after a case is proved, if not confiscated.  Sometimes you have to seek desperate remedies to desperate diseases. 

Suffocating bureaucracy has been yet another bane  in our system of management.  The sooner it’s a thing of the past is better because it gives rise to corruption  either directly or indirectly.  It’s a sad state of affairs if you have to grease one’s palm to get things moving.