Perhaps the origin of the present culture of corruption has been progression of our history. Read on .........Indians are Hobbesian.(culture of self interest)
· Corruption in India is a cultural aspect.
· Indians seem to think nothing peculiar about corruption .
It is everywhere...
· Indians tolerate corrupt individuals rather than correct them.
· No race can be congenitally corrupt.
· But can a race be corrupted by its culture?
· To know why Indians are corrupt ,
look at their patterns and practices .
· First:
· Religion is transactional in India.
· Indians give God cash and anticipate an out-of-turn reward.
· Such a plea acknowledges that favors are needed for
the undeserving.
· In the world outside the temple walls,
such a transaction is named- "bribe".
· A wealthy Indian gives not cash to temples,
but gold crowns and such baubles.
· His gifts cannot feed the poor. His pay-off is for God.
He thinks it will be wasted if it goes to a needy man.
· In June 2009, The Hindu published a report of Karnataka
minister G.Janardhan Reddy gifting a crown of gold and
diamonds worth Rs 45 crore to Tirupati.
· India's temples collect so much that they don't know what
to do with it. Billions are gathering dust in temple vaults.
· When Europeans came to India they built schools.
· When Indians go to Europe & USA, they build temples.
· Indians believe that if God accepts money for his favours,
then nothing is wrong in doing the same thing.
This is why Indians are so easily corruptible.
· Indian culture accommodates such transactions morally.
· There is no real stigma. An utterly corrupt politician can
make a comeback, just unthinkable in the West.
· Second -
· Indian moral ambiguity towards corruption is visible
in its history.
· Indian history tells of the capture of cities and kingdoms
after guards were paid off to open the gates, and
commanders paid off to surrender.
· This is unique to India.
· Indians' corrupt nature has meant limited warfare on
the subcontinent.
· It is striking how little Indians have actually fought
compared to ancient Greece and modern Europe.
· The Turks' battles with Nadir Shah were vicious and
fought to the finish.
· In India fighting wasn't needed, bribing was enough
to see off armies.
· Any invader willing to spend cash could brush aside
India's kings, no matter how many tens of thousands
soldiers were in their infantry.
· Little resistance was given by the Indians at the
"Battle" of Plassey.
· Clive paid off Mir Jaffar and all of Bengal folded to
an army of 3,000.
· There was always a financial exchange to taking
Indian forts.
· Golconda was captured in 1687 after the secret
back door was left open.
· Mughals vanquished Marathas and Rajputs with
nothing but bribes.
· The Raja of Srinagar gave up Dara Shikoh's son
Sulaiman to Aurangzeb after receiving a bribe.
· There are many cases where Indians participated on
a large scale in treason due to bribery.
· Question is:
· Why Indians have a transactional culture while other
'civilized' nations don't?
· Third -
· Indians do not believe in the theory that they all can
rise if each of them behaves morally, because that is
not the message of their faith.
· Their caste system separates them.
· They don't believe that all men are equal.
· This resulted in their division and migration to other
religions .
· Many Hindus started their own faith like Sikh, Jain,
Buddha and many converted to Christianity and Islam.
· The result is that Indians don't trust one another .
· There are no Indians in India ,there are
Hindus ,Christians, Muslims and what not.
· Indians forget that 400 years ago they all belonged to
one faith.
· This division evolved an unhealthy culture.
· The inequality has resulted in a corrupt society.
· In India everyone is thus against everyone else,
except God and even he must be bribed.
From: Gadhadharan Punathil <gadhadharanclt@yahoo.co.in>
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