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From: reddy@ctnews.UUCP (T.S.Reddy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Corruption in India
Message-ID: <170@ctnews.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Sep-86 12:03:05 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 29 12:03:05 1986
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In article <1007@cive.ri.cmu.edu>, jsingh@cive.ri.cmu.edu (J S Singh)
writes:
> My basic premise is that as a culture, we should stop telling people
> how to go about living their lives and conducting their business.
> This amounts to personal space on a micro level and massive deregulation
> on a macro level.  Stop looking at the central government, as the provider.
> Lets us all go do it on our own.
> 
> Corruption exists because a few people are in control of power and 
> resources.  Allow free competition and now I can go to Dealer B if Dealer
> A is corrupt.  Distribute power so that people can self govern (I have
> been maintaining that local governements should be given greater powers
> so that they can take pride in their own efforts).
> 
     I think I posted a article with a similar theme a long time ago,
but there was no response to it as I recall. Anyway, I did notice that
local government was virtually non-existent in the town where I am
from. The lowest level at which you, as a citizen, had a chance to
excercise your option on how things were run was in the state or
assembly elections. The MLA representing our constiuency, of course,
disappeared after the elections.  We did try to form some sort of
association for our town but this was more at a cultural rather
than at a political level.  And when we wanted something special to be
done, like re-paving roads, we invited a important politician to a special
function in his honour and he would do the needful as they say in
India!
     The point I'm trying to make is this - the only way that you got
something done was by pandering the big-wig politicians. Citizens should
become politically aware and realize that the politicians are not doing
them a favour when they perform their duties as elected representatives
of the people.


T.S.Reddy,
Netnews Administrator, Convergent.
9/29/86 @ 0845 hrs.

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