Corruption in Uniform

It been a pleasant morning and I was on my way to work. Its a ride for about 45 minutes. A short snooze was tampered by a commotion.

I could see a podgy beer bellied cop growling at a co passenger, for a seat to rest his tubby butt on. I have also noticed that the cop hasn’t bothered to pay his fare, if not, flash a bus pass. The least bothered was the conductor, as well. He didn’t offer a ticket to the cop for the fear of being framed, indirectly or otherwise, if not a verbal abuse from the stinking ‘Gutkha’ pit of a mouth ( banned stuff).

The police happen to take for granted that the public owe a lot to the police department. Well, yes...they do serve the public but then, they receive their monthly pay for that purpose. So then why seizing those extra privileges from public sources...beats me.

Actually, a woman who sweeps up the roads is also considered as a public servant. But she is not as lucky to get free bus rides, free vegetables for home use, bulky commissions for ’settlements’, free ‘whatnot’s! In a country like India, where politicians, social workers and the likes go yakkity yakkity yak about equality in all aspects, there is no practical justice being done to a plethora of variations amidst the citizens.

Everyone happens to give in to the khakis for the fear of getting involved in some or some other negative nuances posed by them. Corruption is spreading like epidemic in India and it has to be lassoed tight before India turns into a stereotype of corruption.