India versus Corruption- 10 (inconvenient) Questions!

Anna Hazare’s crusade against corruption is laudable. It’s high time India had a corruption free polity. What Anna has done is to impart momentum to the burning question of fighting corruption and bell the cat. The response is tremendous and goes to show the extent to which the common man is fed up with the system. The younger generation has graduated from lighting candles to SMS campaigns to holding tri-color flag in the pandal. They did well to boo the politicians who wanted to associate themselves with the movement. One day they will have to boo the press away as they are no less corrupt than the politicians. But then you need them to have a better reach for the campaign. This is where the compromise starts.

The setting up of the committee and the passing of the bill, will be the first step. What do we do after that will determine the sustainability of the movement.
Are we equipped to do it?

First, let’s understand what is corruption and whether we are on the same wavelength in understanding it.
1. Are we talking only about corruption in the government including the legislature, the judiciary and the executive? Are the press and the private sector are corruption free?
2. Does corruption mean only exchange of money under the table for favors done/received?
3. What are the other forms of corruption we understand?
4. Is corruption the only force debilitating us?
5. What do we propose to do in a corruption-free society?
6. Disproportionate wealth offered by the society for cinema and cricket- is it ok?
7. What is required of us, as individuals, to do, to set right our individual lives?
8. What is the prevailing value system of our nation? Do we border on the frivolous and the shallow?
9. Do we have a system to identify individuals of high integrity to lead the nation, the government or the organization
10. What sacrifice we are ready make at the individual level for the campaign to succeed?

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