A political satire!

What has Kanimozhi, Mayawati and Lalu Prasad Yadav in common? Huh, they all are politicians. Yeah, that’s right but that’s not the best one. In India, every Tom, Dick or Harry is a politician or at least a social worker. The best commonality among them is that they all are CORRUPT politicians.

“Corruption” is a funny term, which could, sometimes be as ambiguous as prisoner’s dilemma.  Oxford dictionary defines corruption as “any act of dishonesty by those in power”. So, a person accused of corruption would be someone caught up in a dishonest act.  But what is the norm of dishonesty? Would donating huge sums of money to a children’s charity by a businessman having, say, a toy company and thereby exploiting the organization to promote his business be an act of dishonesty? Or is the charitable organization acting dishonestly by cooperating in such a devouring act?  Although this act would fit the definition, it defies common sense of honesty. So, what is the resolution? Maybe, the interpretation would be more meaningful in the implementation of the idea rather than its definition and maybe Oxford’s philosophers were too preoccupied in laying the fundamentals to not consider such an ambiguity.

But wait a minute, somebody did consider it. It was our Indian class of corrupt politicians. When Mayawati was busy raking taxpayer’s precious money to install her statues throughout Uttar Pradesh, Lalu has already made his mark in the field of political corruption though the act of the famous “fodder scam”. This scam have its own unique class. But there was to be one more name in this clique, a name not so commonly heard of before. The name was Kanimozhi: the better looking Mayawati. Beware of her, as her deeds are far better than that of Mayawati.  I am sure, Mayawati and Lalu’s complacency about their work would have been faded away after the recent, grand revelation of Kanimozhi’s immense success at the dais of political corruption. Hold on, why am I using the term “political corruption” when it is “Indian political corruption”? Afterall, it is unique in its own sense. I beg your pardon about the long-winded clarification but how often does a bribe of worth 214 crores (INR) is offered to one person and how often is the entire amount transferred to the account of a single company? This is something new. Countries like Monaco and Samoa, whose GDP is of the order of the aforesaid figure, would be craving for such a money making talent. However, it our nation which eventually, got blessed with such a gem. Kanimozhi clearly distinguishes herself by her rare feat at 2G scam. She is the new face of  “corrupt Indian politics”.

As we say, great works are always accompanied by turbulence, so was Kanimozhi’s heroic act. Some anti-"indian politics corruption" organization, known as CBI dared file charges against her and even dragged her to court accusing her of some crime. Crime! What crime? She is the fresh face of Indian political corrupt system; how could she be shown such a discourtesy? But, such legends are never alone and as we discuss, the well known face of Indian legal corrupt system, Jethmalani came to her rescue and so the battle is going on evenly.

But this episode steers at a greater question? It demands an explanation from us? It, in fact, warns us. It announces to us: “dare not we ever aspire to have our hard earned money reward us in full”. Time and again, such embezzled acts remind us of the sullen face of CORRUPT Indian political system and will keep reminding us.

--------------------------------------------------- Skartik!