Article - 94 Week 19 |
THE VAMPIRE SQUIDS OF BUREAUCRACY
"Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist." Richard Nixon
A familiar sight on Mumbai lanes! A truckload of youths shouting their guts out, being chased by a pack of dogs barking silly and shrill, and the nervous guys behind the wheel fidgeting and speeding off to tease the pack while keeping a safe distance. Every change of speed inspires the youths to shout and flail their limbs with more gusto, while pushing the pack to the limit of its doggedness. Then there is a lull !
Like the guys behind the wheel, our political leaders change speed and direction to keep the pack at a teasing distance, while helping the well shielded bureaucrats to flex their powers and muscles. The public goes tired and silent. The shielded bureaucracy tightens more screws. That is our state of affairs. After a series of scandals and protests on bad governance, the politicians lick their wounds. The people go silent with simmering bitterness within. But not the bureaucracy! They are busy formulating even more absurd rules to nail the public, the judiciary (retrospective laws to nail Vodafone, the GAAR), the Army, and feeding the legislators with whatever they can bring on the table in order to strengthen their fortresses. Like it or not, our bureaucracy is becoming too big beyond anyone's comfort levels. The politicians are the faces of the evil, who have their souls conscripted to the devil! The crafty bureaucrats writing those mumbo jumbo of rules, hard to understand by the public, leave alone our mostly pedestrian & not-so-educated politicians. Sadly, the ire of the public and media is largely vented on the politicians. It's time we question the system of our governance rather than a binge of politician bashing. Can our politicians make substantial amends to governance in general and bureaucracy in particular? For that to happen we need revolutionary politicians, who would put the house in order and keep the public opinion on their sides.
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Brgds
Capt Rath
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