Saturday, March 5, 2011

No One Killed Jessica

"Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist."

Have you seen the movie No One Killed Jessica? I won't give you details just now. I'll give you time to watch it. But it generally had to do with the insane amount of government corruption in India. It opened my  eyes up to the ridiculousness in India. In Gujarat, Narendra Modi is working tirelessly (I think) to improve infrastructure, the education system, businesses, etc. But will the state ever have any credibility if their police force and government officials are so ridiculously corrupt?! They accept money (bribe) from scooterists. They accept money (bribe) from people who break curfews during wedding parties. They beat people up that are of different religions. They commit mass murders just for the hell of it. Why, why why?!

I just don't seem to get it. For that reason, I am in the middle of a 20 page proposal to Narendra Modi in order to change things. (No, I'm not doing it for no reason. It's for my business & professional writing course.) Constant research makes me realize how bad the corruption in India really is. The police officers think that they are justified with their actions because they are not financially stable, but what about the people that are losing money to the cops? What if they're not financially stable? Is it fair that the lower caste is harmed more because of what caste they were born in? Is it fair that cops beat on others because of religious conflicts?

How can India draw a line between the legal institution and everything else? Right now, it's neither straight nor is it very clear. How can we fix it?

I'm thinking about ways to fix it. What are your thoughts? Can you help me help India?

Also, another random fact. It may not be true, but this is what I've heard. For many, many years, there was an area in India where there were always conflicts. One group would always invade into this area and cause harm to the people living there. In 2002, Narendra Modi said "for the next 3 days, you can do whatever you want, I'll turn my head the other way; but after that, you are to not go there again." Because they were given permission, the group spend the next 3 days killing 109/200 people that lived there. But ever since then, they have not stepped foot into this place. The town lost so many people, but now they won't lose anymore. Was it worth it? Does it make sense? Is it logical? I think that it's great that no one goes back there anymore, but was Modi really in a position to just give permission so loosely? I'm not so sure about that.

Your thoughts?

So long <3 

2 comments:

  1. If you look at it from a religious point of view, who is he to decide if people's life should end or not. But then, you can also see it as God's will..so this is a very controversial issue. I don't necessarily agree with hie decision on the issue, but "all is well that ends well"(I guess)

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  2. I completely agree with you, and that's what makes it so controversial. If someone believe's that destiny is to die, then they may agree with Modi. But someone could argue that they could've died without him controlling it.

    I hope that that quote is true :)

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