Treatment of corruption

Rs. 1.76 lakh Crores. I don't know a word which can signify the enormity of this number. I think Jayalalitha put it aptly as the biggest scam in the history of Mankind. Yes in the history of Mankind. It is unimaginable but there is not one Micron of shame or guilt in the face of A. Spectrum Raja. Even if we believe that the Spectrum Raja has not taken a single rupee out of this 1.76 lakh Crores, still he should be ashamed of his leadership, his efficiency as administrator that under his control the people of this country lost Rs. 1.76 lakh crores. This money is enough to instantly uplift at least 1 crore people from poverty. The enormity of this corruption is enough for a person of conscience to die in shame even if he has not benefited personally from it. At least there should be an admission of mistake, that I am sorry that I caused this much loss and I resign. But not for A. Spectrum Raja. He resigned because his beloved leader asked him to facilitate the proper functioning of the parliament. I have only one word for A. Spectrum Raja. He is "Sick". The entire media, the MPs in parliament are asking for action against scam after scam CWG, Adarsh society, 2G Spectrum and now this builder who has caused the death of 66 people in Delhi. I am not here to repeat these things because neither this corruption is new nor this media rhetoric. They have been screaming same things for decades but corruption is going on. I am here to point out a bigger issue which no one is paying attention to. Of course the guilty must be punished with strong action, but my question is will it deter future Spectrum Rajas from doing this again ? Even if Suresh Kalmadi and A. Spectrum Raja are given 100 yrs. rigorous imprisonment, it will deter only few future super scamsters because the malaise is far more deeper. Look at the defiance and unashamed faces of Suresh Kalmadi and A. Spectrum Raja you will understand what I am trying to say. The amount of corruption and no guilt, no shame accompanied with it indicates that the malaise is far deeper. You can recall T.R.Baalu(of same DMK) in the last UPA Govt. He openly admitted favouring his relatives by using his powers as minister. If T.R. Balu had been punished with 50yrs of imprisonment, would that have deterred A. Spectrum Raja from doing 2G scam. I don't think so, he does not seem to be scared of punishment, something else is driving Spectrum Raja. What is that ? I have already answered this question but it is not easy to spot .

There is another curious dimension to A. Spectrum Raja. He is a Dalit. Being a dalit in India and then succeeding in life is lot more difficult than being an upper caste. He is immediately a hero and an inspiration to many people. Democracy empowers people from such humble backgrounds to the corridors of power. And it is a reasonable to expect that they will understand the poor and the down trodden better. Why Raja's dalit background has not deterred him from causing this enormous cruelty ? And this A. Spectrum Raja is not alone. Recently there was a Madhu Koda. He comes from most backward tribal cast but he was purchasing real estates in Africa and depositing crores in foreign banks when he was Cheif Minister of Jharkhand. We have dalit Chief Minister of UP, Mayawati, whose personal wealth increasing in crores and she has nothing to hide about it. There are many more examples, but the question is - why people like these loose concern for the fellow poor and backward , when they get power and money ? There are no caste barriers, or poor rich barriers, or north-south barriers to corruption. Reddy brothers of Karnataka were ordinary people just a decade ago and today they are the wealthiest Ministers. Scamsters are using the name of Kargil martyrs to grab a prime land and our Army Generals are participating in that. Built in the name of Kargil martyrs and out of more than 300 flats, 4 were allotted to Kargil martyrs. It makes you feel sick, what kind of a society we are living in. Our leftist media keep on shouting that our politicians and bureaucrats are corrupt as if they have descended from another planet here. I challenge, take up a random sample of 100 Indian people and make them ministers and bureaucrats, you will get same amount of corruption.

What is it that makes us so inclined towards corruption irrespective of our caste, creed or religion or financial background ? The answer is very simple, lack of emphasis on love, affection, truth, honesty and integrity. Let me explain. According to some survey, 70 percent of child sex abusers are themselves victims of child sex abuse. This is very startling observation but very important to understand the sickness of our society. If you read psychology you will come to know that a troubled childhood, without love and affection can lead people towards narcissism, which is not a healthy mental state psychologically. Narcissists can be very dangerous in extreme cases like Hitler. We all know what a great monster he was. He had a terrible childhood, his father used to beat him and his mother cruelly. CIA did psychological profiling or Hitler after WW2 and concluded that his troubled childhood made him mentally sick. The unashamed and unperturbed looks of A. Spectrum Raja and Suresh Kalmadi give you a hint of narcissism in them. They may not be an extreme case like Hitler but they are certainly not in good mental health. And as I told earlier that even if you pick up a random sample of people, you will find a significant number of them towards poor mental health. And the reason is same troubled childhood. In India attitude towards children and youngs is seriously very bad. They are abused verbally, physically, sexually and emotionally in family and outside family. The troubled childhood leads to mentally sick person and sick people make a sick society in which we are all living. In our society the verbal, physical and emotional abuse of children is not even considered abuse. It is OK to beat a child if he is not obeying the orders of elders, if he is arguing with elders, if he is creating nuisance for something, if he is shouting unnecessarily, if he has dropped something, if he has made fun of elders or teachers. There are numerous silly reasons to abuse a child. I addition sometime children have to fulfill household or external work. None of these are considered child abuse.

If we want to make our society corruption free we will have to take care of mental health of its people. As a long term measure there must be policies which will ensure - no child abuse. For people with troubled childhood, it is like a psychological wound and that must be healed. Unlike physical wounds it does not heal automatically. To make our Govt. and politics corruption free we must do psychological treatment of every individual in high offices. The moment a person is elected to parliament/assembly or selected for high profile job like IAS, there should be a psychological profiling of him. There should be specialist doctors for it. If they find some problem they should also provide treatment. But unless he is fully fit mentally he should not be given a responsible post like Minister. Psychological profiling is the only out of the mess we have created. It may be costly but it will only be a fraction of 1.76 lakh crores.