You bet Mumbai is an honest city. I am appalled to hear some people doubt the study conducted recently, where they placed the city at the 5th position in the world on the honesty scale. I have seen great instances of honesty in every sphere of life. There is no corruption at all in any government office. No one asks for ghoos in our courts, in our ration card offices, in the stamp duty and property registration offices, in the hospitals, at the passport office… it’s all spic and span everywhere. Our taxi and rick guys never ask for extra fare when you disembark at railway stations and airports, and in fact they lower rates when it’s raining cats and dogs. And rigging fare meters is a thought that does not even occur to their Mother Teresa minds.
Needless to add, everyone in the city pays their due taxes, diligently and correctly. Especially the businessmen and the movie stars and the cricketers. You won’t find a penny of black money in their designer closets. And of course, no one converts his profession to be a legalised farmer.
There are no pickpockets on our streets, homes don’t get burgled at night, and conmen don’t pay our housewives a visit during noon. There is no adulteration in the milk we drink, the cement supplies carry no sand, and the gas we put in our cars is absolutely pure.
And no one steals electricity, no one buys or sells body organs, no one pays to get admissions into schools and colleges, and there is no question of corruption in the police force. And our mantris are the living embodiment of our honesty and integrity.
So how dare anyone doubt the credibility of the study? We Mumbaikars are very honest people. Especially me. Can’t you gauge that from this post?
4 comments:
Hi Anil,
Agree that the corruption is so rampant here in our country. Our population being so large, its very glaring and open. But, then who is to blame. It's the people who give into these corrupt officials to get their work done, whether for a good or bad cause.
As far as the Auto and Taxi guys, most people give into their schemes (of higher charges), as they do not want to get into an arguement with these drivers. I for one have experienced, that if you know the average fares, you can be stern with the characters, when you can catergorically spell out the fares to them. They then come out with the excuse that the meter could be faulty, or I just took over this vehicle today etc.
I am sure you are aware that no country on this planet is free of corruption, even though they may shout from the roof tops, that they have zero corruption and still worse no crime. The only thing is that these countries have a very thin population, and when the way they go about it is all white collared stuff, if you know what I mean. Yes they cover up for one another very well. Have studied these guys with the so called clean slate.
I still feel that here we know what to expect, and cn act accordingly with our concience but when you do not, then you are left high and dry.
Cheers Jai Hind.
Norman
Anil ,
Wonderful post ....
Whats wrong with TOI , each day some way or the other we get to read some disgusting one sided article supporting the moron and pervert "M.(u).F" he'art' attacks - deliberate attack on hindu sentiments time and again , Hussain is no different to Rakhi sawant who does things to grab the attention , and he did succeed ...Anti Hindus like Thurooooooooooooooor..... sing pseudo secular songs all the time ..shame on Aap ka Thurooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Heh heh. Nice :) but again feeding, I think it feeds the disillusionment and frustration we live with. (A suggestion on the writing, if I may - leave the last sentence out. It seems perfect when it ends with 'Especially me.')
Post a Comment