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A Common Man's Voice - 2


I watch Crime Patrol quite regularly. Now-a-days, before they actually start the episode, they show a kind of short film, where ‘if honesty is actually implemented, your work is done without paying a bribe,etc.,’kind of a situation is shown with the line “Tujh Mein Hai Aandhi… Tujh Mein Hai Gandhi”. This short film seems very attracting and tempting. This ‘if this happens then’ is always an interesting imagination of the human brain because it shows us what we expect.

But we all have to accept that this is the kind of life we all expect in every part of the world. We expect that things turn out smoothly without any kind of corruption. But for this to happen, one has to change from within, one has to ‘be the change’ and this applies to everyone, to our leaders primarily. And our ‘so called’ leaders are implementing it but in exactly the reverse manner.

One expects his/her work to done without paying bribe but our leaders are implementing the saying ‘be the change’ by making it clear that if you want change, you have to pay back something in return. And every time they say this, they kind of think they have brainwashed almost every individual. But what they don’t know is more awareness regarding this issue has been spreading over a period of time, people have started thinking about their rights, though this has to a long way, but it has started.

These leaders fail to realize that they have been elected to serve the society without any kind of fraud or corruption. It’s their DUTY and not any kind of license for making money by looting people. An incident so happened that some people of a colony made a complaint about the bad condition of roads in their colony. The leader assured to visit the area and help. The leader visited the area, delivered a tempting speech (as they always do) and then played the googly by asking for a posh office in that area saying that “you make a nice office for me in this area and I will solve all your problems!!” The people of the colony thankfully had brains (or realised that they shouldn’t fall prey to this as rest of the people do thinking they don’t have any choice) and didn’t accept the proposal. But there are many such incidents where we think that what are these people elected for? It’s their duty, at least that’s what they say in every speech. Why can’t the leaders understand that corruption is a viscous circle? If one stops it, it will automatically benefit everyone. The high prices will go down, getting work done will be easier and faster, one won’t need any kind of recommendation or bribing, etc. If this happens, the economy of our country will automatically come in good conditions resulting in better living conditions for all, better facilities and the list in unending.

Realisition is the need of the hour. Getting one good value into implementation can get the whole world on the right track! This world will become a better place to live.

This world needs to be healed urgently. As Michael Jackson’s song goes ‘Heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and for the entire human race, there are people dying, if you care enough for the living, make a better place, for you and for me…’

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