We Are a Great Country….are we?

First of all I would like to define what makes a nation great. A country does not become great by its GDP. Nor it becomes great by its growth rate. Good defence may make a country safe, but not great. A country bountiful in natural beauty may be a great tourist destination, but nature alone can’t make a country great. For me a country becomes great by its people. The greatness comes by the collective greatness of people.

Our country was once great. It had world’s greatest thinkers, philosophers, scientists and leaders. It had people who laid their lives serving it. It had a class of rulers who went on exiles just to follow their father’s words. It had people who used to work for common good, for collective progress. People who were sensitive to their society, to the pain of their neighbours, who used to respect women and treat her with dignity and respect and who gave their children equal opportunities in life by teaching them in same school (Gurukul). All those people made our country great. So great indeed, that people from all over the world used to come here and marvel at its greatness. So great that we still use that greatness as our best excuse whenever we fail to put up any other point (we are used to say that our culture and values are great in any discussion).

But sadly, I think we no longer qualify for that category. Our once great country is no longer great. I know many would not agree with me on this (I myself want to think otherwise). But the fact is India is not a great country. A country which cannot protect its women and children from rape and exploitation can’t be great. A country where common man doesn’t even have a right to protest can’t be great. A country that can’t provide equal opportunities for its children, where farmers are forced to suicide and yet it endorses FDI, where perpetrators of worst industrial disaster are left free, where “National Leaders” publicly say that they can’t stop bomb blasts, where people know and judge each other not by name and deeds, but by caste, where every day millions sleep hungry yet people are conveniently left free after scams worth billions, can never be great.

A 23 year old girl was brutally raped and left to die along with her friend in Delhi. All that we needed from our so-called leaders was solidarity and assurance. Yet our puppet Prime Minister failed to address nation (he did addressed us on TV in an emotionless speech, a week after the incident). The angry citizens (mostly young people) next decided to protest for it and demand for action. Instead of listening to their demands, the authorities used tear gas, water cannons and lathi-charged them. The next day was one of the blackest days in our democracy. Rajpath was blocked. Metro-stations were closed. The common man of India lost his right to protest that day. Those people were not demanding for a separate state nor were they protesting on a religious ground. They didn’t had any weapons. And they were not harassing police. Neither were they trying to attack any so-called leader nor were they trying to hijack Rashtrapati Bhavan. And yet force was used on them. I fail to understand the reason to close 9 metro stations including Rajeev Chowk where more than 5 lakhs commuters come everyday. All 5 lakh of them were not protestors. These 5 lakh include daily wagers, school and college students, working professionals, tourists, etc. Govt didn’t even thought about them.  And then they went a step ahead and issued a circular in media not to cover the rape story and protests anymore. A girl is fighting for her life and these insensitive morons say not to cover her story! A nation with such heartless elected representatives can’t be great.

I was very disturbed with the incident (not only rape but also the death of democracy). So I decided to join the protest for it. But if the state of our political class is appalling, the attitude of common man is pathetic to say the least. I was hoping to see a big crowd of people equally disturbed. However, hardly 100 people came to protest. I guess others were busy celebrating Christmas. A nation where people are so much indifferent to their fellow citizen’s pain and sufferings can’t be great.

No matter how much we achieved in terms of GDP. But the fact is we are amongst the last ten on almost all the HDI indexes. We may become great again by developing on this front as well. We may become great again by becoming more sensitive as a society. We may become great again by electing a better class of people to represent us. But till then, we would remain a backward, insecure nation and definitely not great.

A Trip worth Remembering!

It was a cool Sunday morning on November 4^th 2012. I had to wake up early to reach Wilson Garden in time. Volunteers were supposed to reach by 7:30 am. Not that waking up early on Sundays is a problem for me. But from past few weeks, as Sankalp meetings have moved to Saturday evenings, I became less habitual to that. Anyhow, we (me and Saurabh) reached the center by 7:35 am. The kids were already ready in their school uniforms, 2 of them with even a tie! They were all excited and happy to see us. All the volunteers arrived before 8 and we made a final strategy, discussed do’s and don’ts one more time and made groups before boarding the bus. By 8:35, we were all set and then began our journey and one of our most memorable days!

Our destination, Innovative Film City is about 45 kms from Bangalore on Mysore road. We reached there by 10:00 am. By 10 in the morning, sun was gleaming. So, there would be no worries of rain, no fear in taking them to pool, no anxiety of them falling sick. In other words, a perfect day for the trip! We began with welcome drink which turned out to be a glass of sprite, instead of juice. Anyways, kids liked that. Our first attraction was mirror maze followed by Dino Park and fossil museum. Though some of them were scared, children really liked the life-sized dinosaur replicas. They kept asking me dinosaur’s names and also whether they are real! Next we moved to Cartoon City where kids took a ride to roller-coaster, carousel and star-wars. By the time last group finished star-wars, it was time for lunch.

Post lunch we went on to see an alien-invasion sci-fi 3-D movie. It would have been better if they had the 4^th dimension of feel as well. Kids would definitely have loved that. 3-D show was followed by some really impressive works of wax in Wax-museum, some astonishing facts and replicas in Believe it or Not and some spooky horror in Haunted Mansion. I can’t really appreciate haunted mansion though, as there were so many crying kids to take care of that I couldn't see anything inside mansion! Yes, some of the kids were really frightened. But all was well once we came out. And when they heard about our next attraction, all of their smiles came back. It was time for Water Park…finally!

The one thing that all the kids were eagerly waiting for since morning, was going to pool for swimming. They were so excited for pool that they hardly took any time to change. One moment they went in the changing room, and the next they were out. Next 40-45 minutes was pure fun for kids and volunteers alike. It was a great spectacle seeing them play in water. We also knew that pool would be most risky for kids. So, we took care no kid goes beyond a certain level in water, which volunteers were religiously maintaining. In pool, a child can spend hours together without feeling tired or willing to get out. But we had a time bound, so sadly we had to take them out! As water rides were not allowed for children younger than 14, we were left with evening snacks and Wannado City post swimming.

Wannado City is a small model of a city. It has a veterinary hospital, a court room, a police station, a general hospital and an aeroplane. Children enjoyed being there and playing with different models. They liked the experience of sitting inside a plane and being locked up in a jail! J Then it was time to go back. But just as we assembled on the way out, 2 artists came. One was impersonating a horse rider with a puppet horse and the other had drum. They performed in front of kids and to kids’ pleasant surprise; volunteers started dancing on the tone! Though I am not very comfortable in dancing in general (forget about dancing in full public view!), I couldn’t resist joining my friends. I enjoyed that moment and so did the kids. We came out and boarded the bus for our journey home. We gave kids biscuits and chocolates. As they were tired, most of them slept. Volunteers however, had some other plans and they started to sing. I couldn’t join them as Pavan was sleeping with his head on my shoulder and I didn't want to wake him up (This guy Pavan and one more kid Manoj didn't leave my hand for a minute throughout the day!).  We reached Wilson Garden by 7:30. It was time to say goodbye to kids. All the volunteers went for dinner to celebrate the day.

Most of the people say that such events make a big difference to kids’ lives. It makes them smile. When I look it from my perspective, I feel it’s not just about making them smile. Consider the concept of trickle-down effect in economics. The trickle-down effect says that economic benefits provided by the government to businesses, would eventually benefit poorer members of society. If you apply same theory to society, you’ll realize that the amount of time and effort that we spend with a particular child has the potential to trickle down to future generations as well.

In our group there is Dilip who wants to become an engineer, Veena and Hemanth who want to become IAS, Parvathi who dreams to be a doctor and Praveen who wants to be a business-man. These are the aspirations of just 5 kids. And I am sure they will be able to achieve their dreams. But they need our support for that; the support of privileged middle/upper class youth of India. And once they achieve their dreams, they’ll take care of other Dilips and Parvathis and Hemanths. They will have the responsibility of returning to society and I am sure they will do that. I am sure because one thing that I have learned about children, especially under-privileged, is their ability to share. It is very easy for us to share something due to our hefty pay checks. But it takes real heart to share half of your chocolate with someone else as a kid! I believe that once they grow up, they will share with those who are under-privileged, in whatever capacity they can.

So, when you look from my perspective, it’s not just about bringing smiles; it’s about building the nation!

There is, however, another side to it. This is the socialist side. This is the point of view that resulted in a conflict in my mind about whether we are right to spend so much for a day’s fun with a group of kids? Don’t get me wrong here. But when you go out to any roadside eatery, when you go in any small scale industry that requires manual labour, when you go to any temple, mosque or church, when you are waiting on any traffic signal, everywhere you’ll find out of school/home children working and begging. From hazardous chemical factories to bangle making, from farm labour to eateries, from smuggling to prostitution and from begging to drug-abuse, you’ll find them everywhere. I know that the children we took for trip require all the love, care and affection that we can give them. But when I compare them with those out on streets, my heart pains more for the latter, because they also deserve love, care, affection; and most importantly education.

The money that we spent on this one day fun activity could've been spent to send some of those kids to school. I know what we did is also important. But some part in me would never be convinced with the real impact of the money and time we spent. I would love to get an opinion on this. Please comment if you have anything to say.

Thanks to Bhumi, Anatha Shishu Sevashram, and my fellow volunteer friends for making my and kids’ day. This trip wouldn't have been possible without the support from all. This was just a milestone in our journeys. I hope we all would keep putting up efforts to make our country a better place. I hope we all would Keep Walking!

India Shining…..really?

Lets take a look at 2 of the recent studies:

1)      Out of 73 nations studied, India stands 72^nd in a survey of the ability of primary children to read, write and perform basic Mathematical operations. The Indian kids were outperformed not only by developed, but also some developing and under-developed countries. The study was carried out by OECD under Programme for International Student Assessment.

2)      In a study by UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs, it was found that India is the deadliest place to live for a girl. This was an extensive study where data for past 40 years was observed for 150 countries. Shockingly, even hostile places like Afghanistan and Iraq are better than India when it comes to mortality rate of a girl child!

Given the results of above two studies only a fool would say that we are even developing, let alone being a superpower. We may want to believe otherwise, but the results of these studies by international organizations clearly shows that we are worse than even Sub-Saharan countries when it comes to Human Development Index.

Now the question is are we not efficient? Yes we are. Then why is it so that after more than 60 years of democracy which gave us all the freedoms, abundance of natural resources and human capital, we are no better off than monarchies and places with natural scarcities? We proudly say that Indians have the best minds and no denying of the fact that indeed most of the engineering, technical and scientific firms are run by Indians across the world. Even US Presidents have acknowledged it time and again. But when it comes to our own development we are lagging far behind. I wonder what has gone wrong with us. We have freedom, resources, manpower and ability. What else would a nation need to develop?

The answer is will power and a sense of nationalism. The solution to all our problems lies with our attitude and its our attitude that’s the reason for all our problems in the first place. What Indians seriously lack is a feeling towards their motherland and the society. When an affluent Indian child gets educated, he never develops a sense of gratitude towards society. He thinks only his parents were the ones who enabled him along with his hard work. Thus returning it back to the society never occurs to him. What he never realizes is that society and his nation has an equal role to play in his success. That if he is free today, it is because of the sacrifice of thousands.

A nation can never succeed if its youth doesn’t lend a hand to the process of nation building. And youth would never feel the need to build the nation if it has lost links to its culture, civilization, history and heritage. Sadly, this link seems to be vanishing fast from Indians. I think that our education system has a role to play here. It eludes me that why we dedicate chapters to Mughal history and only paragraphs to Bhagat Singh? Also as a contrast to most of the developed nations, social service never formed a part of our curricula. In several countries it is mandatory to serve the forces or serve as a scout. Also there are countries where social service is a part of graduation. Students have to devote one semester to any social cause or an organization.

But students from India never have to do so. Thus they are never able to relate to those who are less privileged in society. As such, they are indifferent to the pain and suffering of their fellow Indians. And after completing education, they seldom do anything for the nation. Most of them try to get some lucrative offers and settle abroad. No wonder we have one of the biggest disparity between rich and poor. Until that change, we will keep getting such shocking reports.

7 Billion and Counting…

On 31^st October, 2011, the world celebrated the birth of 7 billionth human. It is astonishing to know that while we took 130 years to reach from 1 to 2 billion, only 12 years were taken to reach from 6 to 7 billion mark! At present, on an average 5 humans take birth per second and 2 die. Thus we are increasing at 3 persons/sec on an average! As United Nations didn’t decided who the 7 billionth child would be, several babies including Nargis Yadav of Uttar Pradesh are being hailed as 7 billionth by different countries around the world.

Just a week before, on 25^th October, Javan Vietnamese Rhino became extinct in wild. The lone male survivor was killed by poachers. While humans increase by 3 per second, it is sad to know that we lose about 50-72 species everyday! Both the birthrate of humans and extinction rate of animal and plant species are highest at present.

But what does this birth signify for us? It is interesting to know that according to a research all humans standing shoulder to shoulder would fit in the city of Los Angeles! Thus there is definitely no space crunch. Then, what is the problem with booming population? The problem is not lack of resource or space. It is the uneven distribution and improper, unjustifiable use of them. Thus while earth is capable of sustaining 7 billion humans, we feel scarcity because either we are not satisfied with what we have, or our rightful resources are being wasted by some other round the globe. 5% of the world population uses 23% energy. An average American uses 100 gallons of water everyday. 20% of world population uses 80% of its resources etc. Therefore, with the increase in population we see increasing gap in rich and poor, fights for land and resources resulting in mass murders and genocide (like in Rwanda), conflicts between man and wild, ever deteriorating forests and environment etc.

Who suffers from all this? We may want to believe that only animals and plants are affected and we can do without them, but we are terribly wrong. Whole ecosystem is tangled and connected to each other in such a way that the extinction of microscopic zoo-planktons would lead to the extinction of Blue Whale, the biggest animal found on earth, ever! Its not only about the beauty of wild or the survival of a certain species anymore. Its about life. Because no matter what we may believe humans can not and would not survive the natural catastrophe as big as say, an explosion of super volcano like Yellowstone, or collision of a heavenly body (like the meteor that extinct dinosaurs 6 crore years ago). Of all the species on earth, we are the most vulnerable; even to minor temperature changes. We can’t hibernate, can’t fly, don’t have fur to survive cold, can’t run fast due to 2 legs, don’t have big nails or sharp teeth to kill etc. In short, we simply can’t survive beyond our comfort zone. Let alone a major catastrophe; just imagine your day without electricity. Scientists fear what would happen if the solar flares DO hit earth in 2012 as predicted. Though it will not be the end of world, but it certainly would be the end of electricity for days, months or maybe years.

So, the hope for life would be the resilient animal species. The resilient and easily adaptable animal species are the torch-bearer of life on earth for millions of years. An example is crocodile that we kill and wear so proudly. Crocodiles used to hunt even dinosaurs and when that meteor struck earth, they survived by adapting themselves to extremely cold temperatures resulting from sulphur clouds that hid sun for years. Thus crocodiles are living in this world for more than 60 million years and are more precious to earth than we are. But, who cares for this damned creature? We just want their skins to proudly wear them. In an existence of mere 200,000 years, we have done more harm to life on earth than any other species had ever done, collectively! And we must not forget that we are relatively new to the planet and too young in its history of 4.5 billion years. Dinosaurs lived this world for more than 170 million years peacefully!

So while we can celebrate this 7 billionth birth, we must not forget our true role in planet earth. We are the biggest stakeholders of a wonderful phenomenon called life and the existence of life depends on what we do and how we do it. Lets learn to preserve and share with humans and animals as well, because life is much better and beautiful with them. What’s at stake is a tiny speck, a dot-like sphere in the Universe, that we call EARTH! Lets save it!

7 Billion and Counting…

On 31^st October, 2011, the world celebrated the birth of 7 billionth human. It is astonishing to know that while we took 130 years to reach from 1 to 2 billion, only 12 years were taken to reach from 6 to 7 billion mark! At present, on an average 5 humans take birth per second and 2 die. Thus we are increasing at 3 persons/sec on an average! As United Nations didn’t decided who the 7 billionth child would be, several babies including Nargis Yadav of Uttar Pradesh are being hailed as 7 billionth by different countries around the world.

Just a week before, on 25^th October, Javan Vietnamese Rhino became extinct in wild. The lone male survivor was killed by poachers. While humans increase by 3 per second, it is sad to know that we lose about 50-72 species everyday! Both the birthrate of humans and extinction rate of animal and plant species are highest at present.

But what does this birth signify for us? It is interesting to know that according to a research all humans standing shoulder to shoulder would fit in the city of Los Angeles! Thus there is definitely no space crunch. Then, what is the problem with booming population? The problem is not lack of resource or space. It is the uneven distribution and improper, unjustifiable use of them. Thus while earth is capable of sustaining 7 billion humans, we feel scarcity because either we are not satisfied with what we have, or our rightful resources are being wasted by some other round the globe. 5% of the world population uses 23% energy. An average American uses 100 gallons of water everyday. 20% of world population uses 80% of its resources etc. Therefore, with the increase in population we see increasing gap in rich and poor, fights for land and resources resulting in mass murders and genocide (like in Rwanda), conflicts between man and wild, ever deteriorating forests and environment etc.

Who suffers from all this? We may want to believe that only animals and plants are affected and we can do without them, but we are terribly wrong. Whole ecosystem is tangled and connected to each other in such a way that the extinction of microscopic zoo-planktons would lead to the extinction of Blue Whale, the biggest animal found on earth, ever! Its not only about the beauty of wild or the survival of a certain species anymore. Its about life. Because no matter what we may believe humans can not and would not survive the natural catastrophe as big as say, an explosion of super volcano like Yellowstone, or collision of a heavenly body (like the meteor that extinct dinosaurs 6 crore years ago). Of all the species on earth, we are the most vulnerable; even to minor temperature changes. We can’t hibernate, can’t fly, don’t have fur to survive cold, can’t run fast due to 2 legs, don’t have big nails or sharp teeth to kill etc. In short, we simply can’t survive beyond our comfort zone. Let alone a major catastrophe; just imagine your day without electricity. Scientists fear what would happen if the solar flares DO hit earth in 2012 as predicted. Though it will not be the end of world, but it certainly would be the end of electricity for days, months or maybe years.

So, the hope for life would be the resilient animal species. The resilient and easily adaptable animal species are the torch-bearer of life on earth for millions of years. An example is crocodile that we kill and wear so proudly. Crocodiles used to hunt even dinosaurs and when that meteor struck earth, they survived by adapting themselves to extremely cold temperatures resulting from sulphur clouds that hid sun for years. Thus crocodiles are living in this world for more than 60 million years and are more precious to earth than we are. But, who cares for this damned creature? We just want their skins to proudly wear them. In an existence of mere 200,000 years, we have done more harm to life on earth than any other species had ever done, collectively! And we must not forget that we are relatively new to the planet and too young in its history of 4.5 billion years. Dinosaurs lived this world for more than 170 million years peacefully!

So while we can celebrate this 7 billionth birth, we must not forget our true role in planet earth. We are the biggest stakeholders of a wonderful phenomenon called life and the existence of life depends on what we do and how we do it. Lets learn to preserve and share with humans and animals as well, because life is much better and beautiful with them. What’s at stake is a tiny speck, a dot-like sphere in the Universe, that we call EARTH! Lets save it!

Are we really independent in a true sense?

I was listening to the PM’s address to the nation and the first thing he said was “We have achieved much but still we have to fight against poverty.”  Though I never heard Nehru’s first address to the nation, I am pretty sure that fighting against poverty was his agenda as well. In fact, this single line was a part of every Address to the nation on the eve of Independence. And we have 64 such addresses!

64 years, and still we are fighting against poverty. 64 years and still more than 250 million people sleep hungry. 64 years and yet 290 million people don’t have access to basic health amenities. 64 years and still 130 million children are out of schools. 64 years and 640 million don’t even have toilets at their home. And we talk about growth and booming economy!

The question is, are we really independent in a true sense? Is this the independence for which Bhagat Singh laid his life? Bhagat Singh was a Socialist who believed in inclusive growth. He always feared that when India attains freedom, the poor farmer would fall into the hands of Zamindars and his exploitation would continue. For him true independence meant equal opportunity for all regardless of caste, creed, region, religion and more importantly money.

But post-independence, farmers did fell into the hands of zamindars. Rich continued to become richer, and poor poorer. Thus, while we became free from the British, we could not free ourselves from the shackles of poverty, the fetish of hunger.

The main problem with us is that all our attention is focused only to a few big cities, the metros of India. We forget that most of the population of this country lives in the villages. And its with their inclusion into the mainstream that our country could really prosper. But instead of giving them equal opportunities and let them shine with a Shining India, we neglect them and let them rot and get wasted.

This neglect is the only reason that we face so many problems, violent protests by farmers, distrust of people in Government and of course Naxalism, to some extent. I’ll give an example to validate my point. How many of us know Sharmila Irom Chanu? How many ever heard her name? I doubt even 10% would know her. But she is fasting for a cause for past 11 years! She has not ate since 3^rd November 2000. She is force fed by the police. The cause she is supporting is removal of AFSPA, Armed Forces Special Powers Act from her state Manipur. And she decided to fast when Assam Rifles killed 10 innocent people waiting for a bus at a bus stand, including the National Child Bravery Award winner Sinam Chandramani. The incident took place on 2^nd November 2000.

Imagine if this happened in Delhi, whole nation would have come to streets to protest. Candle light vigils would have been organized and it would have been made sure that the guilty are punished. But who cares about Manipur? We see unprecedented support for Anna’s movement and Ramdev’s fast. But Swami Nigmanand died fasting unto death and nobody noticed. He fasted for 115 days for Ganga. But Ganga does not affect a metro citizen who will get pure water, no matter what. In worse case, he’ll have to buy mineral water, that’s all. But what about crores of Indians for whom Ganga is lifeline? The answer is, we simply don’t care. That’s the only reason that such issues don’t capture the national media’s attention.

These people, our fellow citizens, are forced to live under constant denial. Until that won’t change, I don’t think we can call ourselves truly independent, socialist republic. For me, we would achieve complete independence the day, when every child born on this great land is given equal opportunities, regardless of the place where he/she is born. 

Cure For Corruption

The corruption is a hot topic these days. Everyone is talking about corruption. And we all know that corruption has become like a termite eating our whole nation. But what is its cure?

Lets first see what all are the possibilities we have. First, people say that everyone should cast vote. As we choose corrupt individuals to represent ourselves, so we don’t have right to point fingers. Now, this seems a great solution in theory. But in reality, we don’t have a choice while voting. Because everyone is corrupt. If all of us commit to not voting corrupt, I think whole country would fill up Form-6 and no one would ever get selected! So voting wouldn't work.

Next solution people have is to punish the corrupt strictly, so that it creates a fear in people’s mind and they would not indulge in corruption. Suppose that Raja, Kalmadi and others are given life sentence. Would it make a difference? I don’t think so. Even after Dhananjay was hanged, rapes didn't stopped. In fact, 11 rapes happened in UP in just 3 days! This is clearly because of lack of moral conscience and lack of proper education. Similar is the case with corruption. Merely punishing the corrupt would not do.

Then there is a strong Lokpal. This certainly would have an impact, if the bill is passed. But would it make a difference? Suppose a strong anti-corruption bill is passed. But what if people don't stop bribing officials? Who would report the incident? Maybe we can say for sure that first anti corruption committee is non-corrupt. But what about the subsequent committees? What if the lokpal himself is corrupt?

Main problem with us is our attitude. We have got used to these stuffs. And the best part is, we point fingers, and sometimes whole hand, without ever introspecting ourselves. We talked about Anna's movement. I can bet that majority of people that gathered there were themselves corrupt in one way or another. We are great at shouting slogans, but when it comes to ourselves, we want shortcuts. We don't want queues, so pay bribe. We don't want to be fined, so pay bribe. We don't want to wait for formalities, so pay bribe, etc.

I would like to share an example here. One of my friends talked too much about country. About wanting to do something for the society and his inability to do so. About fighting corruption, donating blood, being a responsible citizen, and so on. But, this same gentleman got a fake receipt from my PG so that he could get Rs 3000 from his company. Tomorrow, he would be upset by reading news about corruption, poverty etc and would blame everyone except himself! Maybe he'll be in the front row of an anti-corruption campaign, but more often than not, its just because of getting name & fame. This is just one example. I am sure you might also know such people. And this is exactly where the problem lies.

People think that mass civil movements would make a change. But these movements can only change Governments, unless we change ourselves. I am not saying that punish each and every individual, I know it is not feasible. Nor am I against stringent punishment for the corrupt. All I am saying is that each one of us should change himself and this change would reflect in the society as a whole.  So while on the one hand a strong bill is needed, this is not enough without a social reform. And Social reform can only be brought up when every individual stands up against corruption and ensure that he/she is not corrupt. Best thing would be to add this to school curriculum. Teach every child of India that corruption is bad.

MK Gandhi once said, "Be the change you want the world to be." Maybe, we cannot change Government, bureaucrats, police officers, etc, but we can at least change ourselves. And this is what makes all the difference. Be an example for your friends, your community, and maybe they would change as well. Then only this battle against corruption could be won.

Jai Hind!