Is corruption in the blood of every Indian?

Is corruption in the blood of every Indian? I stand against this question. How could a person can blame every Indians just by suffering from few corrupted offices/officers, it’s really a bad habit to pointing others. May be my friend Namrata had not seen the life of our Indian soldiers, may be you have not seen the youth who fighting/Thinking against it and the parties or Exercise offices who are working against it.

I agree there is corruption but this not the matter of blood, this is the matter of system, where you are working.

It is better to say that every Indian take birth in corrupt system rather than corruption is in the blood of every Indian. Corruption is not presence in our blood but we breath in corrupt air.  There might be more uncorrupted people if the system or corrupt circumstances not pushed them into the hell of corruption.

Even all people are not corrupt, they are only victims of corrupt people. In India millions of people are living under the poverty line who are not able to distinguish between corrupt & non-corrupt people. It means people are not corrupt by birth but circumstances or family atmosphere can forced them to be.

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Simply no - as far as you and me are concerned. But, we (individuals, citizens, non-residents and government) need to do more so that this question is ruled out now and forever. 

Corruption is deemed to exist in a Hypocrite Society that we live in. Parents tell their children to work harder in the 12th / HSC exams with an explanation that this will only enable them to go to a lucrative branch like Engg / Medical.

This brings the overall importance of earning high money creep into the minds of the youth. they feel that Money is all so important in life & when they are not satisfied with the salary they get, they betray their Org. & give in to Corruption.

However, there are so many exceptions to this. the questioner also seems to be non corrupt & corruption in & around him has frsutrated him to post this as a debate topic. some of the arguments posted here will definitely give him some peace of mind.

we have seen in our past (People like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa, J R D Tata & so may others) showed us how to live  without corruption.

Present day personalities like R N Tata, Nitish Kumar, Narendra Modi, Madhu Dandvate, have shown us the path of development through Minimizing corruption.

The prenet & past day society has been beneficial to both the men with corrupt intent (Industrail top runners who have set up their empire only in the past 30 ~40 Yrs & yet are the No. 1 & 2 money spinner brothers of this country), where as People like R N Tata are of the opinion that it is good to conduct your business in the most ethical manner, this gives you a good night sleep. Ministers Like N M Modi tell " I Do not eat & also net let people under me eat"

so lets be optimistic. thisngs are changing for the good in India. Like you & me there will be many more who tread on non- corrupt paths to meet their end.

I do not agree that the corruprtion is in the blood of every Indian. In fact nobody is born corrupt. It is the system which forces you to become corrupt. As a child when you see that you cannot get anything done without greesing the palms of the people who are in the power you have no alternative but to shell out money to get the work done. Even if you do not accept money yourself despite having an oppurtunity you have no control over others.

In fact it is lack of moral teaching by parents and in schools which is the root cause. Another cause is disparity in the incomes but the biggest reason is the legal systems and procedures. To quote an example if you have shifted to another state and your driving license needs to be renerwed you are asked by the Licensing Authority to get a no objection from the previous issuing authority before you license is renewed. But if you just pay a few hundred bucks to the agent standing outside the Licensing Office you can get a new license without even a driving test. If you want to built a house you have to shell out money at every stage e.g. For getting plan sanctioned, for getting water electricity connection and so on and so forth.

Unless and untill there is complete overhaul of the administrative and legal sytem and unless the corrupt officers do not get exemplary and early punishment this menace is going to spread.

Sir,

1800 - 1500 ... If people think, they are toll free numbers ... they would be sadly mistaken.

It may be just the tip of the ice berg ... corruption figures just unearthed from a single individual ...

Rs. 1,800 crores of hard cash and 1,500 kilograms of gold said to have been ceased from the offices / residences of Ketan Desai, President, Medical Council of India.

Obviously many under-hand dealings must have been going on for quiet some time; he must be well connected with the powers that be, having got re-elected and to daringly indulge in such large scale corruption. If a public enquiry is conducted, many heads may roll.

There may be many more such corrupt officials in India. If all of them are caught, the Government may get a few lakhs crores of rupees which can be used for genuine poverty alleviation schemes.

Telgi, Raju, Koda, Ketan, and many more ... Is this not enough reason for the Government to demonetize currency in steps (immediately rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500 currency notes and the rest in due course of time) and introduce Biometric Smart Card based transactions for eliminating corruption.

Please circulate to all well meaning citizens for a public debate on "The need to kill the cancer of corruption before it kills us".

--
Kris Dev

We are forced to bribe becoz we haev to deal with govt servants

example - in obtaining a death certificate from Municipal office bribe of Rs 15-50 is taken else you get certificate after 35 days

Birth certificate regristration they askfor Rs 50-Rs 100 else the registration takes more than 25 days

Now you do not see giving bribes in openinga  saving bank account, openinga  demat account or to do trading on internet or buying stiff on internet or any activity where you deal with teh pvty sector for any activity even when you buy vegetables

It is not Indians are corrupt it is the govt which is corrupt and we haev to live with that

I don't believe that corruption is in the blood of every Indian.Most Indians are honest in their dealings. Few people who are dishonest indulge in bribery, which is highlighted by the media and which brings a bad name to Indians on the whole.

Corruption stems from the power of businessmen who wants to bend rules and regulations to have things done their way. If at all the government offices and private organizations were more transparent in their dealings, did not entertain such requests from business then the corruption would not have grown to such levels.

In order to have a transparent and more corruption free system everything should be computerized and the status made available to the users of the service. This way there would be no middlemen and less chances of corruption.

Finally, If you are honest in your dealings nobody from the other side would dare to ask bribe.

I don't think it is in the blood, but it is the tendency of Inidians to suffer silently helps the people to get quick bucks in terms of bribes. The politicians cannot bring the law to curb corruption since they are the most corrupt among all.

Blood has nothing more than RBC,WBC and other such human body boosting elements and CORRUPTION.. that comes from our thoughts that get created bcoz of the environment we have. 

CORRUPTION in Indians comes as a result of what we see around us.  what we see around us? I think you know it well as every other Indian.

No, not at all. Only money mads are corrupted people and they are involving some others.

But he or she is indirectly forced into it as without it nothing moves in India

NO.

Its the human nature to see wrong faster, but probably we have stopped looking at good. We all including our media, are expert in finding faults.

We high-light & talk only about wrong while ignoring the good, the wrong is now seen as 100%. This precisely has happened in case of corruption. People have accepted it as part of life, fifth pillar in economy & what not.

I agree that corruption has deep roots in our Country and Swiss bank is the biggest beneficiary. It raises great concerns however everybody seems to blame it on other. Let's do something... even a small deed would count if we advertise it to best of our strengths.

Corruption is the fifth pillar of democracy .. well said in a lighter vain.

When U say this is in the boold in every Indian ... one question arises. Who remains on the other side ? Because .. on the other side remains those are affected. This number may be more than seventy percent who are hapless (millions) people.. daily income Rs. 20=00 or say ( a report says ). Even money sent to them by different Govts / agencies are eaten away by ..... !! ( see below )

Most probably U have addresed this to the rest thirty percent . Then, not "every Indian" is-itnot ?

But again, amongst this chunk some 20 % may not have any role to play .. just innocent people, consumers, service takers - givers, regular Tax payers, etc etc.!!

Now, question remains : how we may influence this 10% Indians and urge them not to indulge in corruption ? On Internet, your posting/s are watched by the whole world. May not they form a biased openion of us Indians ? One of our member on TooStep has asked us to be " proud of being an Indian " and thinks otherwise ?

The Govt is well aware of the phenomena. Our PM is addressing this issue time and again. We all, the 90% of the population may come forward to check corruption. Campaign like 'Jagoree' by TataTea or anyother ? Or .... ( ur suggestion counts ) ?

do we need to debate this. stop raising such nonsense questions (offendingthe integrity of individuals )only for the sake of making points.

it is not in blood of every Indian,but definately in the blood of today's every politician.Lot of people[like me] are there who are against this ,but most of them fond helpless -may be due to daily living's stress.

We need to come together,put some diplomatic herdles for corruption.

generalising that all blood is corrupted by corruption is not right yes certain section of society is so but a large section of people are still uncorrputred and still living true to the noncorruption belief one blac sheep in the heard does not mean the whole flock is full of black. we have large expereinces where good people have stood up against corruption.but the main weakness is that we do not raise our voice against it.let us not lose hope in this system young generation are coming and we will pave proper path to them

Nicely said Mr. Makrand Bhave that corruption is state of mind and no body is corrupt by blood.

I firmly believe that the size of corruption seen today is much bigger than its actual size as we are discussing it more than it deserve...

We should says: honesty in blood of every Indian...
but some peoples booting corruption for their own profits, but they are few in numbers!!!!
 

Not every Indian, but may be most.

Of course not, there is small section of society which has come under this evil but majority is still out of this. Yes on the face of it, because things are so slow that it gives a feel that whole machinery has become corrupt but thats not the case. It is too harsh to a statement for a nation of this size.

hello first of all how can you can frame such a question..????? the thing is that no one is born corrupt....and there are some corrupt persons in india but that too a small amount of total population, but these corrupt peoples are in some important public positions(.so i guess you may think that corruption is in blood )...here comes the problem, bcz of this situation someone get attached to corruption unwillingly....i mean if you do not bribe a officer your file will not get forwarded ...so you also become part of corruption....indians lack the motivation or courage to through away these corrupt officials ..also the Govt. do  not act in the right way...!!!

Very well said Mohanish and Gopalan.

As regards to Mr. Sanjeevji, You put up the echo's of real people's like VAT, TAXes, Donations etc. I presume, Reservation for weaker sections develop corruption. It may be an attributing factor. The uplifted personnel are supposed to be trained by experienced guys in the same section/ dept. But, what happen. Alas, he exploits him rather than to train and fit for the job.This, gap is to be reduced. But, not by allowing, reservations. It has to be there. Otherwise, the gap between will widen up to an extent that we can not bridge them. The system loop-holes are to be plugged in by appropriate corrective measures. Thats what we call democracy. Everyone has equal rights irrespective of caste, religion or region. There are companies which aspire to give equal opportunity to all employees as a policy.So, it is accounted for in life.Just, reservation can not be a factor. May be to an extent, as explained here.

Saying that corruption is in the blood of every Indian is outrageous.  According to me, corruption has to be a brain related matter (mind) as no one is born corruptone.  One becomes corrupt by choice or the circumstances make a person corrupt. Corruption exists in every country.  Only difference is that in India, corruption exists at every level and unlike other countries, most common people have to wade through corruption in India. 

This is a national issue and the Government is solely responsible for this.  I am sure that people will choose not to be corrupt if the system does not allow it. To give an example, in Mumbai, most of the sign posts (whether right turn is allowed or not) is kept in a inconspicous place and the cops will be prompt in catching you and will also tell you that they have put up a signpost.  If you argue, you will not only be fined but also threatened of action for interfering a Public servant from performing his DUTIES. 

I find that Mumbai Mirror is doing great service in unearthing a number of issues. 

God created this world, he can ony find a way to save it.

if u accept u r corrupt then also it is false because me not - it is just the media's eyes got corrupted so only it is got projected

you cannot say corruption is in the blood of indians because India is still standing and that too tall.

a country cannot be build if every person is corrupted. and before making such a statement you need to consider yourself...if you are an indian...do you think you are corrupt?

if you are do think all Indians are corrupt, start cleaning up your home.

Well said Kazmi sir, nobody wants to be corrupt, its the system which is pushing them to be. And its very wrong to glorify corruption while giving it status of fifth pillar.

People don have it in blood. its all about the opportunity. not all people are job or in a situation to get bribe. Just bcos the a cream of people do, we cant say every1 is corrupted.

 Take this example: government hospital: you got to pay to get a free seat. 

who is the wrong person?? one who gives or takes??