Thanks for sharing it WK. Where have we heard these before :-)?
Anyway, Raghu gets it, but not fully. That is the unfortunate part, that some like Raghu, who has been in the thick of it and has seen it all, does not quite understand the deficiencies or the dysfunction of the SYSTEM, which he has rightly fingered. Why do I say that? Simple: A mere ratification of the UN Charter on CORRUPTION will go nowhere and nothing will come out of it, until the enforcement and adjudication system is drastically CHANGED, made functional! Why? It should be clear to anyone who has watched this and have a basic understanding of a democratic society with a respect for what is referred to as DUE PROCESS, ought to know, that just because someone gets CAUGHT with violation of the "RULES" , will ever be held accountable by the dysfunctional-desi-system. The investigators could be unqualified, without resources, underfunded, under-quipped, un-trained, politically influenced and even be corrupted. A crafty lawyer could easily portray the evidence to be discredited or show that they do not measure up to the standards of justice. The prosecutor could be incompetent, could be compromised. The judges could be compromised, exactly by the same forces. Add to that the current state of a 30 yr. backlog, in which the corrupt accused can laugh all the way to his grave. So, how does anyone held to account? I am appalled by the this amazing absence of understanding of how the process is supposed to work, even by India's best. I lay the blame to the absence of EDUCATION about WHAT democracy consists of and how its institutions are supposed to work. In the absence of this knowledge base in the citizenry, nothing really could be expected to change. But in the meantime, things could be done. I delineated some of those things, three or four years back, much to the chagrin of some of our friends right here, who were prompt to discredit them :-). c On Apr 8, 2011, at 5:45 AM, Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer wrote: > · Please watch this YouTube video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlyyE7wDzNk to hear T R Raghunandan, the > Ex-IAS Officer’s speech and see his presentation on corruption in India. You > will be surprised to see and read why the corrupt ones go scot free and how > they get the courage for all their corrupt activities, so easily in India. > > · Then go to IPaidABribe.com (copy and paste) and register to push for > anti-corruption laws in India. > > > > From: Avaaz.org [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 07 April 2011 23:38 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Thanks for taking action > > > > Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick > action on an urgent global issue. 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