"There seems to be no solution because corruption is deep rooted now!" "MONEY AND INSIDER REQUIRED ANY GOVT WORK IN INDIA..." "arasan evvazhi, makkal avvazhi."
"somebody said in a joke...govt pays salary for the employee to visit the office.....we have to PAY money for work in office..."
Lamentation, wringing hands, and self-pity seem to be the strong points of Indians who are at the "receiving end" of corruption. Or, rather at the "paying end".
Some time ago, responding to Sri Prasad1's posts, I had suggested that we follow modern China's example of arresting, publicly humiliating, torturing, extracting confessions, trying in kangaroo courts and condemning to death, and finally publicly executing those guilty of corruption. The Chinese people under President Xi will thereby know the fatal consequences of corruption.
Alternatively, I had suggested current Philippine President Duterte's example in effectively and swiftly dealing with the ever-expanding national threat of drug smugglers and traffickers: Flush out the gangsters and their accomplices from their hideouts with machinegun-wielding troops, police, and vigilantes, and finish them off with machetes. And publicise the campaigns.
Neither alternative apparently appealed to discerning Sri Prasd1. He seemed to prefer Singapore's examples of prohibiting importation of cigarettes, hanging drug traffickers, their handlers and their runners, extensive network of anti-corruption officers, swift detection, trial and punishment of those guilty of corruption including aides, bribe-givers and corporations.
So I produce (or, rather, revive) a third alternative -- North Korea under President Kim Jong Un's "execution by dogs" -- "quan jue":
The method is simple, and straightforward. All it requires is grit and determination. And supreme self-control.
THE execution of Jang Song Thaek, the No. 2 man in North Korea, and uncle of President Kim, on Dec 12, 2013. The Press report said to originate from a Hongkong newspaper sympathetic to China, and reproduced in Singapore's Straits Times had the following account.
"Unlike previous executions of political prisoners which were carried out by firing squads with machine guns, Jang was stripped naked and thrown into a cage, along with his five closest aides. Then 120 hounds, starved for three days, were allowed to prey on them until they were completely eaten up. This is called “quan jue”, or execution by dogs.
"The entire process lasted for an hour, with Mr Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader in North Korea, supervising it along with 300 senior officials."
Quod erat demonstrandum?
S Narayanaswamy Iyer
