Reform The Reformers First
Reforming is the most powerful, important and sought after institutional ability in the world. Reforms is what every person, institution and nation has been looking for over the centuries, it is a never ending process that will eventually set greater benchmarks for nations, institutions and people to conquer and surpass. We ourselves wouldn't have been humans if the basic evolutionary process did not reform itself from a simple micro biological organism to the most complex form of life as humans. In a way it was a reformatory process, as over the ages man has become more intelligent and even more inquisitive. Seeking reforms is a basic human quality that is ever so dominant, so much so that in some countries in the quest for reforms, institutional inability to reform has often led to chaos and violence all round. India has had numerous socio-economic reforms over the years and we have come a long way from the feudalistic era and mindset to the prevalent democracy that we are and from the ghastly "sati" to the empowerment of women or from the repulsive untouchability to equality for all. Reforms have paved the way for social, economic and educational equality and justice for a lot of people, but even than a lot is yet to be done and a lot of reforms are still need to be brought about to improve the quality of life in this world, in our country and in our state. Today as we tread through the 21st century we have seen a lot has indeed changed but yet we need to reform further for the betterment of nations, societies and individuals. People around the world toady are stressing on the need for further reforms for the stability and enhancement of society. Even today atrocities against the girl child and the female fetus infanticide are prevalent and the efforts of the people who are fighting for reforms against these atrocities are well and truly laudable. We need reforms for a peaceful and a better world. In India our government says it is trying its level best to attain social, economic and educational equality and viability for its unfortunate and deprived citizenry. As a nation, our economic reforms have put us on par with the top in the world, even though our social and educational reforms lack the teeth and the bite of its economic counterpart but has our general economic success and social reforms in any way helped to alleviate poverty and illiteracy among the masses ? Have all the reforms been implemented for the betterment of the under privileged ? It's a real pity that even with our Nation's immense economic success, the void between the poor and the rich has got even wider. The reason for this debacle is corruption and the self-centeredness of our netas and babus, along with all the other reforms to put things into prospective; we do need political reforms as well. Today our politicians are the unalloyed epitomes of dishonesty and fraud. Corruption in India and Goa is not opportunistic or incidental but systemic and institutionalized. Corruption and greed has permeated from the lowest to the highest or vice versa, rugs of bureaucracy and governance, to such an extent that they are viewed as normative behaviour by our Authorities. Reforms are much needed but for them to be effectively implemented, political reforms to curb and stop corruption and nepotism are blatantly required or else it would be like trying to tackle the symptoms without trying to address the disease and to address and treat this appalling disease, we do need a strong Lokpal Bill that will make transparency and accountability the order of the day no matter who the person or the institution is. A strong Lokpal will certainly be a very good political reform or it could even be the mother of all reforms. When transparency and accountability is enforced then obviously other reform will automatically be more effective because it will bring not just individuals but parties and institutions under it's ambit to rectify the major flaw that is prevalent in our democratic system of governance. The political parties both at the centre and in the states are addicted to illicit income and expenditure that is well beyond their means and resources. If the parties encourage and patronize illegal funding, then how can it curb illicit income of its own members, because unfortunately it is these very members that fund the parties and at the moment it will be near impossible to find a party in India or in Goa that has retained its virginity from the unscrupulous illegal and illicit funding. So, for the reformatory process to have any significance or to be effective we will certainly need political reforms in India and Goa in the first place, then and only then can we expect our Authorities to effectively implement and enforce other socio-economic reforms that will improve the quality and the essence of life and make our country and our state a better place to live in. The reforms should begin with the reformers and the reforming body, so let's all say "let the political reforms begin". 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