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New heights in corruption of 'so-called' public officials
21st Aug 1999 Huzefa Rangwala @giasbmc.vsnl.net.in
I am an Indian. I was not at all suprised to read the Wed the 18th of august article of the Mumbai edition of Mid-day. In this article a minister who is supposed to head the Aviation ministry, instead bullys hotels like Centaur which are affiliated with Air-India. This minister has the gall to order his day to day FOOD supplies like 10 to 15 litres of milk , lunch, dinner, etc... and linen, crockery, cutlery from this hotel by TAXI everyday ..... for which the TAXI bill alone comes to 600 Rs , not to count the hotel bills which are borne not by this so called minister, but by the Hotel which in Turn passes the bill on to Air India which in turn passes the bill to us. But Am I/Are we suprised,shocked ? Of course anyone would be, but then I/we are Indian's . What is worse than all of corruption is the way we, the justice system,courts allow this to happen. There is an exellent saying 'Let the buyer beware' In this case we just keep our eyes closed. All I would like to know is Isn't it high time we woke up ?? Nowhere in the civilized/democratic world would such behaviour be accepted. Conversely , only in a barbaric/dictatorial country would such behaviour be acceptable. Now, India definately in not barbaric not is it dictatorial, So We should just ask ourselves the Q, WHY ? MAybe what we need is revolution, not evolution. The above article appeared in Mid-day Mumbai edition, Aug 18th regarding a BJP minister, Ananth Kumar. Thanks, and do comment, Huzefa
21st Aug 1999
Kumar Nairc @giascl01.vsnl.net.in
CORRUPTION It is unlikely we will see things improve at least not for the next few generations. Unless there are stringent laws , there is no way things improveJayalalithas and Laloo yadavs and many others will proliferate. Maybe if Corruption cases were made Non Bailable these people would be behid bars. It is possible that some innocent people could be incarcerated for some time but in the long run corruption would reduce. Kumatr Nair
21st Aug 1999
Pranav Lal @softhome.net
Hi, I think our problem is innitiative. We are too afraid to be the loan warrier. Plus, our people will join only when we are winning. Pranav
21st Aug 1999
equips @iname.com
Hello, Let us ask our leaders at www.bjp.org for comments on the same. I am sending a CC: copy to them to answer. Let's use the power of internet and investigate further. Regards manish
22nd Aug 1999
Bad Rajiv @hotmail.com
What a good idea, Manish. I'd love to know the reply you get from the BJP website. Folks interested in this subject might like to read an article I wrote on how corruption could be tackled. Its called "Who will Bell this cat" and is available at www.sulekha.com (Its too long to post on the list, so read it there). I'd love comments and suggestions beyond what I've written. Rajiv
22nd Aug 1999
M AM @hotmail.com
Corrupt officers ! I would like to bring to your attention the sad part of our so called customs "officers" at Mumbai airport. Its really shame on our part being under the government of these crook "officers". Last month I was on my yearly vacation to India, the first approach as everyone know is an encounter with these gentlemen. You are so depressed and morally down when you see such officers begging for $50 and $100 in front of foreign friends who happen to accompany. As if this is a sort of "WELCOME TAX" as my foreign friend quoted. It is really a pity and shame on our part to see these corrupt guys when we first land in our home country. I'm seeing this sort of behaviour of these "officers" for atleast 5-7 yrs. I request the officials at the airport to behave in a dignified and decent way. Thanks Muqeet
