Corruption - In The Eyes of Law

It is most unfortunate to learn that a judge in Calcutta is facing the music for misusing his official position. The said judge, alleged to have pocketed Rs.32 lakh into his account has shown that he has no inclination to resign when asked to is something terribly wrong with our society. Corruption is so deep rooted in our civil society that there is no fear or a sense of shame even when issues of such scandals becoming a public debate. 

For the people to have more faith in the judiciary, the law must be more stringent in punishing those caught red-handed or found involved in corruption, whoever the individual may be. It is all the more painful to see the soft-term used by the Indian media to fix the judge. All are equal before law, is this happening in reality in India.   

What sort of an example we shall set for the future generation speaking on the subject of morality. All right thinking people should raise their voice to oppose corruption in all forms. A poor government clerk when caught in a corruption case for accepting a bribe of Rs.50 or Rs.100 is sent to jail and later dismissed from service. His wife and children suffer for long years from the stigma. Investigative authorities show no mercy and are happy to nail the clerk or peon but fear the rich and powerful involved in a multitude of corruption cases. 

A former CM of Tamilnadu was asked to give back illegally acquired government property and the property was returned by the CM immediately. The criminal case was closed without any action. I wish to ask if a thief caught stealing valuables would be let off if he chose to return the valuables without undergoing a jail term?

Media should be allowed to freely voice its concern without being threatened of contempt proceedings when reporting about the judiciary on finding something that is away from truth. Is this possible in India? Can we expect a change in the law from our policy makers? 

IPL Twenty20, Cricket in New Avatar

As purists frown at the Twenty20 game of cricket as disgusting, naked display of aggression, swinging the bat on anything and everything, the game itself has followers overflowing the stadium wherever it is played shows the kind of interest people have in the new format. Earlier, five days of a test match made the spectators go dumb gulping down a glass of beer in England. Changing times, as we call it, is for the better, particularly for cricket.


Twenty20 is a kind of entertainment in the shortest version of the game. A lot of youngsters, mostly from rural background have been able to fulfil their ambition joining the big league. It is beyond our capacity to think that sworn enemies of the game to play as a team. Twenty20 holds lots of promise to our rural and urban youngsters to rub shoulders with international stars. No one would have expected this kind of acceptance five or six years before. But Twenty20 is here to stay and would only improve with every passing year.


Conservative Indians lambast the organizers for hooking scantily clad foreign cheerleaders dancing around to entertain fans. Many youngsters have fallen in love for Twenty20 is the truth. Sooner or later, five-day test would be given a decent burial. There would be records preserved only in the archives department of national libraries for future historians to make out our lifestyle. Money, fame, jobs...continue to flow through the willow, so why make a fuss! Join the party and enjoy the fun!

The Homeless and Nowhere To Go!

Born to win, maybe a catch phrase that sets goal for mankind to race with one another. Slowly and steadily the big bad world is turning cruel with every passing day. Greed for making money leads to unhealthy practice-bribe,corruption,stealing,forgery, murder etc. What is lost is love for humanity, passion to uplift the poor and downtrodden in the society and to look at the other way when someone is in distress or in a deep problem.

How many times have we thought about the sufferings of the homeless and why are they there?
Those people with their families come from villages to the big cities in search of employment. To live in such miserable conditions without a roof over their head- cooking,sleeping and carrying on with their ablutions in full public glare - is not enough to make your heart feel for the lesser mortals, who are also the children of the same God, is appalling.

Understandably they are being exploited by local politicians,goons,police to ask for favour to pitch their tents or sleep beside a closed shop. Men in some cases are booked under frivolous charges by the police, young women are sexually exploited and abused; babies suffer from malnutrition and children do not get education. The homeless also do not have access to medical facilities.

On the work point of view, the homeless pick up construction work and the labourers are not provided with basic needs like shelter and creche for babies. The meagre income what they get is just enough to get on with the expenses for the day, for the whole family. To keep away from their sufferings, men and women turn to alcohol. The government and social welfare organizations should come out with solutions to keep them under temporary structures and ensure their safety and well-being.

If a part of the money ear-marked for the welfare of the poor reaches the poor, the nation can become a super power within ten years!