Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Seems that Nepal government is thinking of issuing trousers without pockets to all employees at the country's airports. Shows that there is still some innocence and honour left in Nepal. It shows that the amounts of bribes must be small to fit into trouser pockets. Secondly, the government believes that such a simple stratagem as taking away pockets will stop bribes because people are not really criminals. Unfortunately, such simple tactics will fail spectacularly in India because our kleptocrats are career criminals. Why would a person choose to become a civil servant, pushing endless files, cheating, lying, sucking upto bosses for promotions or a lucrative transfer or carrying shoes of politicians on their heads unless the person is useless and is getting in through the backdoor of reservation or is a congenital criminal wanting to get rich quick? If pockets are eliminated in India kleptocrats will think nothing of using their chaddis or even their orifices. It would be impractical to check all chaddis and orifices everyday. Also our kleptocrats think big and steal in tens of millions. Whenever an official is arrested we learn of bank boxes full of cash, many properties and luxury cars. Indians are said to hold about $ 1.5 trillion in numbered accounts abroad. No wonder we are always voted one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

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