India –  the second largest nation in terms of population,

– the seventh largest nation in terms of area,

– one of the fastest growing GDPs in the world,

– more than 500o years of rich cultural history,

– one of the world’s highest producers of engineers & doctors,

– a nuclear superpower and a soon to be economic super power,

– largest democracy in the world,

and the list goes on…

All these are indeed things to be proud of, things that can instill an instant dose of patriotism in anyone. But all of this, everything stated above  just vanishes into thin air when you see that things really don’t work the way its supposed to at the grass root level. And I put the entire blame on the Indian Bureaucracy. This stinking organization has been pulling India back 2 steps for every 1 step that it puts forward. Rajiv Gandhi once openly stated that for every rupee that the Government puts aside to spend on its people, only 15 paise or 15% of it actually comes through. This is an observation that was made in the year 1988. 20 years since a lot of things have changed , most of it superficially. You try to dig a bit deep and you see the dirty side of the country.

Now a bit more context to my random ranting. I’ve recently had to deal with a government organization for my cousin’s personal work. The job at hand was to obtain a police clearance certificate for this cousin living in another country to extend his visa. Initially, I was glad to get to know that there was an online application to be submitted. Progress ! right ??? Wrong what I had to do really is after I’ve submitted that application online, I still had to go to the office to submit the printed version of the online application form. Duhh!! Anyway, I did that assuming that it was just an 7 day ordeal as the website stated that the certificate could be collected on the 7th day after submitting the application. After the police verification was done it is the 3rd week now and I have received it yet and every time I call them to check  the status, the information I get is that the report has not even reached them. When I ask them what the reason is, I get the most insensitive answer. I mean how difficult is it for a citizen of this country, who has not had even a single complaint against him ever, has all the right documentation to get a clearance letter from the local police stating his good conduct?? Well, it is clear that it is very very difficult. My friends and parents say that if I bribe them my work would mover faster, why should I give any extra money to anybody?

I understand many people love this country and would have a bucket full of great advices for me to join the ‘system’ and be upright and shine as an example. Why should I ? I mean I don’t like to be part of the system, its a personal choice. Whats wrong with that? If everyone who has my opinion does the same thing then you will have a billion people who would be looking for jobs in this organization. I wonder what will change us, it cannot be organizational , it has to be spiritual. God save us.