An Indian Awakening

It might seem a little odd that such praise is originating from me, but whatever be the limitations my nation faces, it has always stood the test of time come what may. I'd just like to harbour upon two aspects related to current affairs in India - the Jessica Lal murder case and the corruption level. The mistrial of the former led to an outburst of public emotion and such was the effect of this hue-and-cry that the entire nation awoke to the injustice being served to the innocent spirit of the lady. Public pressure enforced a retrial of the accused and though it may not result in a complete turnover of previous decisions, it has ensured that the police maintain a constant vigil and that the dormant judicial system get its act together and bring the defaulters down. Several cases have been concluded favourably for the victims since the reopening of the Lal murder case and the convicted who would have otherwise escaped law owing to their position and status in society are being punished. Its just the beginning, which shall soon spread to the other infected areas that have let us down in the past.

Drawing away from the societal nature, the aspect of corruption is very interesting indeed. We generally criticise corruption for what it entails and the feeling of disgust transforms into a blind belief system. Though corruption is prevalent at almost every level here, we still manage to uphold our pride, are one of the fastest growing economies of the world and have developed at a rate surprisingly inappropriate for a country which comes in at a low 88th when it comes to degree of corruption. Come to think of it, we are almost at par with several corrupt nations of Africa that have been recently at war (internal) but the difference is astounding when we observe the standard of living here. The reason for all this is that though we have a corrupt system, we have always somehow managed to get corrupt people into positions who are good at their jobs, know their work well, though they demand far more ;-) . Corruption exists but the corrupt fulfill their duties - so basically it is this corruption that also fuels the progress of our nation - all we need to realise now is that we can move forward and still benefit without this ingredient and still be well off - wake up India - we're half way there - just need to cover the latter half of the journey and we'll be liberated :-)

Would love to write more but I guess, you all took the hint ;-)