Living in the twenty first century, wading through corruption and injustice meted out to underdogs, when we introspect, we can’t really make tall claims! Somewhere along we have failed. Somewhere along, we lost the will, we lost our way. With a heavy heart and through gritted teeth, I, like any other citizen, should accept responsibility for the corruption as it stands in my state today; not for doing any corruption myself but by enduring it, by not stopping corrupt people for doing so, having a laid back, lackadaisical attitude, thinking why should I be the one to bother! Till one day it hit me hard that things have gone out of hand. However, the question I must still ask is, ‘Can we change? Is there scope for redemption? Is there hope for this state that is hollow on the inside, dead on the outside?’
We as a society suffer from an overflow of unabated diseases with protean manifestations that infect the very organ system of our state which when put together breed more corruption. However, when asking the citizens for the large scale corruption in our state, it’s mostly the politicians who seem to get the blame and not without any merit.
Our politicians are known for doing U-Turns in their statements and inadvertently perform Freud’s confirmation-by-denial as was seen in the case of Peerzadas and Rathers attempting to absolve themselves. In attempting to deny, they actually end up confirming the accusation through the inconsistencies of their arguments.
The recent reports from the State Accountability Commission shows how the politicians are looting us left, right and centre and as corruption operations in our state go, it definitely has pizzazz and doesn’t lack in variety too: Unfortunately despite CBI proving the guilt of our politicians, they are never shown the boot. The government’s failure to act is a sign of the desperate deterioration in public institutions of the state. For most people, corruption is something that must simply be endured. Meanwhile the public face of our Government, seems at best twittering and at worst indifferent to the whole scenario. His abject failure to show any planned leadership during the procession of corruption hitting our state puts the lie to his being the best man for the job.
Having said that, we cannot exonerate ourselves from our duties as responsible citizens. Nobody is at all ashamed of the deep-rooted corruption, decaying general quality of life and a worsening Politico-administrative system. By mindless and blindfold corruption, we are simply depriving our children of their fundamental rights to a decent, corruption free and dignified living.
We have to envision this corruption free path for us, for our future generations even though the scale of the task is too huge to comprehend a way out. We don’t know how destiny would unfold for us, or how life will transform for us. Yet, we have to take the plunge, to step forward into the unforeseen, to find out for ourselves if we had the ability to stand in this world and fight for a corruption free Kashmir.
We as a society suffer from an overflow of unabated diseases with protean manifestations that infect the very organ system of our state which when put together breed more corruption. However, when asking the citizens for the large scale corruption in our state, it’s mostly the politicians who seem to get the blame and not without any merit.
Our politicians are known for doing U-Turns in their statements and inadvertently perform Freud’s confirmation-by-denial as was seen in the case of Peerzadas and Rathers attempting to absolve themselves. In attempting to deny, they actually end up confirming the accusation through the inconsistencies of their arguments.
The recent reports from the State Accountability Commission shows how the politicians are looting us left, right and centre and as corruption operations in our state go, it definitely has pizzazz and doesn’t lack in variety too: Unfortunately despite CBI proving the guilt of our politicians, they are never shown the boot. The government’s failure to act is a sign of the desperate deterioration in public institutions of the state. For most people, corruption is something that must simply be endured. Meanwhile the public face of our Government, seems at best twittering and at worst indifferent to the whole scenario. His abject failure to show any planned leadership during the procession of corruption hitting our state puts the lie to his being the best man for the job.
Having said that, we cannot exonerate ourselves from our duties as responsible citizens. Nobody is at all ashamed of the deep-rooted corruption, decaying general quality of life and a worsening Politico-administrative system. By mindless and blindfold corruption, we are simply depriving our children of their fundamental rights to a decent, corruption free and dignified living.
We have to envision this corruption free path for us, for our future generations even though the scale of the task is too huge to comprehend a way out. We don’t know how destiny would unfold for us, or how life will transform for us. Yet, we have to take the plunge, to step forward into the unforeseen, to find out for ourselves if we had the ability to stand in this world and fight for a corruption free Kashmir.
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