Let's cure the disease; not just the symptoms

When we feel severe pain in some part of our body, we usually have two options:

1. Investigate the cause of the pain and fix it.
2. Continue to take pain-killer tablets.

Some people have been complaining that why Anna has not raised crusades against issues like hunger, poverty, lack of healthcare & education etc. Let me tell you what I think on this.

Yes, these are indeed big issues suffered by a large chunk of population of India. But these are symptoms of a disease and the root cause of all is corruption. Late Rajiv Gandhi, India's former Prime Minister, said that out of every rupee spent on development projects, only 17 paise reaches the common people (aam-aadmi) and rest 83 paise end up being sucked by corruption. We need to make sure that the remaining 83 paise reaches the intended target. 


What is the source of Government money? We pay various taxes, direct and indirect, at various times to Government. We feel very proud to contribute to nation-building. But we expect that this money is properly used and not become part of someone's Swiss bank account.


I sincerely believe that all our severe pains like hunger, poverty, lack of healthcare & education etc will go away in a corruption-free India. It's high time that we issue a Quit India notice to corruption right now.