Wit Wisdom and Whoop

This blog is neither a endorsement  nor justification of corruption but attempts to raise certain issues which are crucial to battle corruption in India. Ever since 2011-2012 when Anna Hazare raised the issue of corruption it has stuck a chord in the hearts and minds of the people especially the  younger generation. The crowds that thronged the movement across the country was a scene to be believed. Starting with the India Against Corruption a online body which leveraged the power of the internet it  grew into becoming the Aam Aadmi Party which swept the Delhi elections. The spectacular success and their appeal amongst the various working classes attracting even top notch professionals to quit jobs and join the party is proof that corruption as an issue is now centrestage and cannot be brushed away by any political party.  However one important  point that is to be noted here is that practically 100% of these supporters can be classified as bribe givers who understandably are upset

It was sometime in 1997 that I was driving into Delhi from Faridabad alongwith  Tom the Chairman of my company an American when we came across a man who had obviously been run over and very much dead. The crowd kept a respectful distance and while it was unclear when the accident had occurred the mood was one of morbid curiosity but little else. We like many others drove on with murmurs of sympathy. A few minutes of drive later we drove past a large hospital. Tom felt that with a hospital so close by he should have been seeing a ambulance already on the spot while I made my own attempts to try explaining the "situation" in India. After some time as we continued driving Tom who had visited India countless times and  traveled extensively remarked to me - "Do you know that India is the richest country in the world". I was taken aback when he continued saying - "I have toured India so much including tourist attractions, wild life resorts, offices, industries an