The Burden of Inertia: Corruption not BIMARU states

We must remember the thesis proposed by Dr. Amartya Sen on reasons behind the backwardness of the country, which blamed the BIMARU (Bihar, Rajasthan, UP, MP and Odisa) being pulling the nation backwards on its desire to move ahead and compete with worlds economy. This is true as an economist proposition. Equally true is manner and method in which nation is engulfed with corrupt systems and no body is free from it. People might find it light coming from other end of tunnel when its dark on the social-economical and political affairs of the country. What a example these able minded people are setting for the new generation to take forward the idea of 'nation' we call India.

Its true we have desire to move ahead in all the aspects social, economic and global spheres in world but given the flood gates of corruption opened by sting of operations carried out in country we all become hopeless to the hilt. Come what may the nations politics is marred with controversy involving all the captains of industry, political face and fourth estate. The intellectuals (if we can call them) are brave enough to talk on both as voice of people and also for the exploiters. When the regions which cry for attentions people with armed struggle gets little support from the front. The alleged act of treason against supporters (Dr. Binayak Sen, PUCL)of peoples voice is granted by the system then who would bell the fat cat. Mind you all the scamsters and gangsters are having free launches with system under the very eye of law enforcement agencies. Its sad for Indian democracy and setback to many who would have fought for people. But this is not the end. For many corrupt enlightened souls in power in center and state it's easy to forget and do the act of living while making millions and ignoring the needs of people. The leaders are chosen in democracy by the people election after election Is it to serve this elite brigade? While middle class are made to watch cricket, visit multiplexes/malls and engrossing reality TV, and the political/capital masters make the rake in looting the economy and people. What a cost to bear when voice of people is not heard till they declare themselves a terrorist? Albeit these are violence laid down to society without using barrel of gun by these wheels in engine of economic growth.

It is fascinating to note that we all wait for the tiny mutiny in parts of rural India, the urban India takes the burden of listening/reading to rumors and scandals so omnipresent in elite circles. May be US is better sounded even after WIKILEAKS then what our own RADIAGATE. Forget about political browny point scored by the ruling and opposition, its they who have practised, preached and engaged corruption at all levels. Not take lightly the unfound cosyness at state and local level by same players. A hollow nation-state who trend to mark more then 60 years of independence tend to loose on the footprint left by the swaraj movement during struggle with Britishers. Those who have broken the trust by engaging in corrupt practices have put India on backseat and played well with the rude sentiments of the freedom fighters in making of India as an Independent Nation. Never the common men felt helplessness in judging the ruling class and waiting a long breath to undertake a revolution. At least 1977 could mark a watershed in Indian politics where series of change makers were evolved. Must be a hard time for the people to enter into squabble with governance and its better to dance with their tune.

We have given doles of socio-economic reasons of our backwardness to planning commissions, but do we think its right time to develop an Human Corruption Index (HCI) district by district and department by department. The people who make an attempt to find a discrete analysis. But it would be hard to find the indicators. May be we can look into the context of crime, raids, arrests, bank balance, ED reports, etc to find the indicators and develop such Index. The preaching days are gone and corrupt people are happy doing sanitary practices to cleanse their body and soul. We need to look who is pulling us back more among the four arms of governance so much enshrined in our constitution. As year 2010 marks to an end the HCI would certainly be up and let the world laugh at us in making India a great dancing democracy tuned by the new class of people (difficult to mark them).