Corruption slide: The side effects by Puneet Rajhans

Corruption slide: The side effects

India ranks 84 of the 180- odd countries in corruption perception index. That is a perception and not a reality. If we continue to persist with this perception that India would slide further and hit the three digit mark i.e. 100 and below that would precisely mean that the perception has pursued for long. The 100-and-below rank would see a large number of corruption cruising community to be enslaved with a grit determination that this slide continues with no interruptions. Would this slide mean that the different forms of commute and coexistence that we seek would see us confront the more brazen dispenser of faith and freedom cut us to size by getting a big share of our meagre income or the income which most of us even don't possess. Or the house layout or the different extensions we seek would see the existence of sleight of hand (municipalitywallah) resulting in a large cash outlay to these elements than anticipated.
It is the corruption and the perception that tails it makes the middle class guy who has been in the thick of the job market to do away with these adventures (as no amount of increments that he seeks and registers during his career fortified days would be sufficient to meet the demands of the extended family that is growing in shape and size) and thus seek an outing in the Himalayas.Or the guy yet to get to the job market may well tilt the perception of his parents by dumping the education stress he has piled on. By declaring his intent one fine morning that he is prepared to multitask all the chores of home and extended family as he wants to preserve the precious earnings of his parents.
Corruption hails from dawn to dusk with some settling for transactions beyond midnight hours as that is the prefered mahurat.
If you are at home for a considerable period lasting beyond seasonal flu and viruses, then chances are that there would be visits from electricity, waterwallah and all other such blokes who would impress upon you the metre is faulty or running much below the demands of the bosses in their departments and you need to replace them failing which the cash exchange is the sole route to salvation. Having done that, the day in day out tryst with the outside world would ensure the unchecked/untamed visits of loan dispenser at different life-geared spots (office, cafes, bus shelter, local train halts and airport guest centres) who would cast aspersions on you for not having tried loans of any shape and size to date. Coaxing and goading done, they would enslave you as loan taker with the promise to settle it ASAP. But this loan lust could well see you go past eternity to settle the claims and counter claims. As loan sharks abound in abundance, the corruption coasts to success.
The politico-cum-business-cum journo axis of indulgences does give corruption a new leverage. But that is reserved for those dispensing BIG notes, travelling business class and mating business lasses in business condominiums. Even for past,present and prospective journos, who latch on to a business jaunt to get the hospitality boost, the business commitments and exchanges last for unprobed and unspecified period .
To rest the corruption and perception debate, let's have one day of the 365 metamorphosed outings where we observe Big Beaming No No Corruption Day. Precisely on this day no calls on corruption would be entertained, no business visits allowed and no one would be stepping out to indulge in any form of transactions. All goods and services would have barter boast thus battering the nature of corruption and perception that tails it.
All for 24 hrs, this could well have a seasonal repeat thereby putting an unseasonal end to the taunt that honesty is nothing but the histrionics of the aam admi. Three cheers for this histrionic than the hustle and bustle of the business honcho who has the business-delivered journo and journo turned politico on his corruption cruise. If his site has been played with or his conversation fiddled with he is the first to tamper the rules of the trade. He gets the place of prominence by babbling about his endless acquisitions and propositions.
After all babbling about corruption and hoping for its longevity is the task the govt of the day is saddled with, given the multitasking operations have been taken over by sea pirates, the ever-evolving den for fly by night honchos.