Scene 1: A very busy traffic junction in Pune.
5 roads converge here and the traffic signal typically takes 180 seconds to turn green, once its red. He overshoots the signal by a whisker and is caught after the junction by the traffic police.
Traffic Police : “License please”
He: “Here you go”
TP: “RC, Insurance and PUC?”
He: “Sir, forgot to get it today. It’s at home”
TP: “Keep the vehicle also at home. Pay a fine of Rs.200 for breaking the signal, Rs 500 for not having the RC and Insurance, Rs 100 for no PUC.”
TP: “Oh wait, this looks like a Gujarat vehicle. And I guess you are not having the NOC either. Another Rs 500. So take this, pay Rs 1300 and then take your vehicle and license”
He: “Sir ye Rs 100 leke maamla settle kar deejiye na please”
Scene 2: Regional Passport Office, Jaipur.
She has just applied for a passport. She needs a passport immediately as she has got an opportunity to go abroad in 15 days. Even the Tatkaal scheme takes atleast 30 days. She goes to meet the passport officer
Passport Officer: “It isn’t possible to issue a passport so fast madam. Whatever we do, there are a few procedures that need to be followed, and those take time”
She: “What is the procedure which takes the highest time?”
PO: “Police Verification”
She: “Here. Keep this Rs 500. I will take care of the police verification. Please make sure that this passport is ready in 10 days”
Scene 3: Hazrat Nizamuddin – Jhansi Intercity Express
He has a General ticket between Delhi and Agra and has got into the AC Chair Car. The Travelling Ticket Examiner comes asking for the ticket, and he shows him the General Ticket.
TTE: “?”, with a confused look on his face.
He passes on two Hundred rupee notes to the TTE.
TTE: “But the full fare for Delhi to Agra is Rs 513. You have a ticket for Rs 73. So you will have to pay the difference amount of Rs. 440”
He: “Ye rakh leejiye aur aap handle kariye”
Scene 4: Tirupati, in queue for darshan of Lord Balaji, almost near the sanctum sanctorum
The NCC security guards are simply pushing all those who are coming, so that nobody waits for long and the queue keeps moving.
NCC: “Jaragandi, jaragandi”
He quietly slides a Hundred rupee note into the guard’s hands.
He: “Now don’t disturb me for one full minute”
So where should the fight against corruption actually begin? Who is actually responsible for corruption? Corruption has grown over the centuries, mainly because there are people who are willing to bribe and get things done. Such things as mentioned above, happen almost every day in every other part of the country.
So as much as the Jan Lokpal bill and other allied actions are required to curb corruption, the real fight has to begin with a mass movement at the grass root level. Mass campaigns have to be started to educate the people in the country. The biggest challenge I believe, will not be the passing of the bill, but implementing the same at the ground level.
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