tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21484220.post1425319687503086498..comments2011-12-09T00:51:37.652-08:00Comments on Expletive Deleted: CORRUPTION IS TERRORISM – 4: Driven up the wallAnjanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282505178849200244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21484220.post-64469383429016936602011-12-09T00:51:37.652-08:002011-12-09T00:51:37.652-08:00Kanwarjit - your post is such a pleasure to read. ...Kanwarjit - your post is such a pleasure to read. <br /><br />I do not disagree with you that working conditions in many government offices are sub-optimal, or that there are pockets of excellence emerging like the one you described. <br /><br />Let's just say that we surely need more Vasant Vihar RTOs - and will probably get there only if we keep pointing out the shortcomings that lead to corruption and system abuse.Anjanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282505178849200244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21484220.post-83317949600444804302011-08-28T23:08:31.238-07:002011-08-28T23:08:31.238-07:00Anjan... just read your post. I must put on record...Anjan... just read your post. I must put on record a recent pleasant experience as well. Three weeks ago I accompanied my son to the Vasant Vihar RTO office to get his driving licence. He already had a valid learners licence. Can you believe it - we were in and out of the office in 35 minutes flat which included the driving test! The process involved going to 5 counters but things moved pretty well. No tout approached us in the whole process. This was a Saturday morning and can you believe it that the licence was delivered by a courrier at our residence on Monday afternoon!! Couldn't have expected better.<br /><br />Another point to be kept in mind when we analyze the root causes of corruption is the kind of resources and budgets with which these departments function. The lack of facilities and the hell holes that these places are, is mainly due to lack of resources in the whole chain. This lack of resources (including underpaid babus) creates most suitable conditions for corruption which we all see in our daily lives. The Vasant Vihar office is a relatively new office and so everybody is in an air conditioned hall. No clerk sits behind a window. I believe somebody had a bigger budget to plan this office well.<br />So there is some optimism for the future.....Kanwarjit Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10871569861125093525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21484220.post-46825494298424856022011-08-26T00:10:39.485-07:002011-08-26T00:10:39.485-07:00Anjan, I couldn't agree more... the fact that ...Anjan, I couldn't agree more... the fact that these administrative organisations want citizens to suffer... it may sound like an unreal and unreasonable argument - but having seen it first hand at embassies now (and of course, at other places too since I come from a middle-class family and queues have never been alien to me!) I can vouch for the "obstructive" nature of the babus. <br />As for Anna, people fail to see him as a symbol for what we all conscientious citizens feel about corruption. It is our pent-up angst and frustration and helplessness that is finally seeking vent. Anna's voice should not be ignored for what it represents... and it does not represent the RSS or the much-reviled "middle class" alone (as though by its nature it was anti-poor, it does not represent realpolitik, it does not represent hidden agenda, it doesn't represent ulterior motive. The Congress had better take the cue, or the leaders run the danger of falling in the same category as the ineffectual babus.Padmaja Parulkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168546694376959611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21484220.post-12620022453220195232011-08-25T04:19:26.423-07:002011-08-25T04:19:26.423-07:00After reading through this post and then getting t...After reading through this post and then getting to the point where you mention the solutions, I realise the main issue is to be pro-active in the entire process of governance and not just leave it to the elected representatives and their lackeys in the system.<br /><br />Always badger the concerned authority with questions and queries.<br /><br />Also, always give feedback.<br /><br />And most importantly, read about issues and cases before going about doing stuff.Nivedita Mishrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00876438321416669803noreply@blogger.com