Doing their duty in a country corrupted in every conceivable manner for good or bad or reasons out of scope of this writing. I am only discussing the pitiable plight of the guardians of law in a country where law favours the power, ethos are detailed by page 3 and survival is dictated by ghettos. OK I know i am being extreme in passing the opinion but I am honestly disgusted. Probably I am doing what Apu did to the image of NRIs in the US through the Simpson movie.
But when I see the cop quarter unable to provide basic housing to the families of the policemen in my country and they sheltering themselves under a canvas tent in the parking lot of the Domestic airport at Ville Parle, Mumbai, I am disgusted. And then the justice will hold them responsible for taking a Rs.20 bribe from a driver in Chandigarh.
When I see the Cops in the USA confidently strutting around in crisp new uniforms , all geared up with equipment and commanding respect from the civilians, I am outraged at the Indian government for not providing basics to the men they put in power. If they lack respect from the authorities they represent, what respect will they show while dealing with the critical sensitive civilian justice they have been endowed the powers and discretion to bestow. Ofcourse I am outraged.
But when I see the cop quarter unable to provide basic housing to the families of the policemen in my country and they sheltering themselves under a canvas tent in the parking lot of the Domestic airport at Ville Parle, Mumbai, I am disgusted. And then the justice will hold them responsible for taking a Rs.20 bribe from a driver in Chandigarh.
When I see the Cops in the USA confidently strutting around in crisp new uniforms , all geared up with equipment and commanding respect from the civilians, I am outraged at the Indian government for not providing basics to the men they put in power. If they lack respect from the authorities they represent, what respect will they show while dealing with the critical sensitive civilian justice they have been endowed the powers and discretion to bestow. Ofcourse I am outraged.
Sometimes I wish to take out a Morcha to stand up against the lawlessness under the facade of Law as becoming quite a rule. Countless Bollywood movies display the nexus with the underworld, lack of justice in the system, training young officers to become ruthless dictarians and inhuman officials. Its is disastrous. Taking bribes is the first step when the hawaldar gets started, getting into the system of lawlessness.
Young educated strong politically networked leaders in the system offer hope, before they get looped into the system in a bad way. One definitely needs to dirty his hands, to take on the dirt but somewhere when the ethos get greased that they can't even see the black and the white as two separate, is where the trouble starts.
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