Transparency International has once again rated India as one of the most corrupt counties. But, is that how we Indians see our selves? Ask any Indian and the answer you get is that we are the least corrupt. I have had innumerable arguments with many Indians, and clearly the perception is - the whole world is corrupt and west is even more corrupt than us. Everybody, and even those who have never set their foot on any soil outside India, strongly believe we are the perfect.
As VS Naipaul wrote, the world as seen by Indians is divided into India and Non-India and India could be proclaimed, without dis-ingenuousness or cruelty, as perfect. And if we don't even accept the fact that we are corrupt and we are one of most corrupt societies, how can we take that first step towards fighting corruption.
There is another point of view which is as bizarre as our view of corruption. For us, the change or reformation is always meant as returning to our old value system. We always see our future in our imagined and megalomaniac past. It is time we started living for today and plan for future.
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