Except for a few principled citizens, most people in India are under the general impression that corruption is a necessary way of life and if one has to exist comfortably, then one must be a part of the system that requires bribes at every turn.
Some of the latter will even wear on their shoulder the badge of support for corruption, seeing it as a means to acquire things they are not entitled to. Hope they read yesterday's TOI report of 3152 farmers in Maharashtra forced to commit suicide just last year because to get drought subsidies, loan waivers and grants, they had to pay bribes from clerks to mamlatdars and tehsildars further agonizing their already frail mental condition. Roland Francis 416-453-3371
