12th March, 1993

Bombblastsin the

Bombay Stock

Exchange

• Serial blasts

• Hijacking of aircrafts

• Loss of innocent lives

• Attack on the Parliament

• Defiling places of worship

• Gun battles …

India has mourned innumerable times

She has picked up her dead and wounded to

move on

Only to be targeted again

But the point is not about impotency of the state

Point is, some patriotic Indian had taken a bribe to let the consignment of RDX through

Others had been “bought” & “purchased” on the way

Still others had used loopholes in the antediluvian legal system to protect and shelter him

Other Indians had, for political reasons, either looked the other way, or had actively encouraged his metamorphosis

And herein lies the crux of the matter

The laws of the land are antiquated

The enforcers are corrupt

The law makers are politically motivated

And the people morally bankrupt

26th November, 2008

The bullets of terror that tore into ATS squad

chief

brave-heart

Hemant Karkare

felled him because …

Some “patriotic” Indian had signed his death warrant by ordering sub standard

bullet proof vests

Its the small bribe that “we” pay

That lets them buy the guns that are trained on us

The Hawala route that we take

To evade a few Rupees … is

used by them to finance their operations around the

world

The speed money, the Hafta’s, the Tola’s

That we pay to get things done find their final destination in coffers that are used to wage a war against the

Nation …

Be it the tea industry in Assam which inadvertently financed the fire in the

north east

Or the Construction and Steel Industry that is today financing the Maoists

Or the Diamond Merchants, the builders and the sultans of Bollywood, who continue to be the don’s supply

source

Let us not forget

• That the bullets that are making us bleed are fired by enemies

• But the enemies that are bleeding the Nation through corrupt means are equally guilty

• The insiders are the ones who are emboldening those that are outside

• We must therefore, fight the war on both fronts

Law breakers have the impunity

• As with easy money comes

the opportunity to buy the

way out

• Maintenance of status quo

ensures the continued

support of the “System”

• The safety of numbers

• The perpetuation of injustice

What is the solution?

• Revolution?

• Emergency?

• Benevolent Dictatorship?

• The Federal format ?

• Political cleansing?

• Purging of the system?

NoWe must look inside and start by giving ourselves a better

system, well within the limits as set out by the

founding fathers

Individually

We are up against a“system” that is naturallyaverse to change,

for maintenance of statusquo ensures :

equitable distribution ofbribe,

thriving of vote banks,continuity of personalfiefdoms,

reign of the corruption

Why me ? we all askAs it is easier to shrug,

pay the price

and move on,

than be the victim of “the system”

Issues facing the Nation

• Anachronistic laws

• Corrupt law

enforcers

• Politically

motivated law

makers

For too long, we have focused on

• The severity of punishment

as opposed to

• The certainty of punishment

Is there no hope then?

There is

The hope is in the future

The power of “one”

Who are today raising their collective voice around the world

AND

Are being heard

A Million Mind Workers

Young, impressionable minds

That can take up the cause

IF

We today start the onerous task of

planting the seeds

and Corporate India can take this initiative

Let us adopt a NO BRIBE stance

Let each of us ingrain this in our corporate ethos

AND

Flaunt the “NO Bribe” logo in all facilities

Imbibe Integrity

Educate the next generation

Only moral integrity

Can make India secure from inside

And strong enough to face threats from outside

Gujarat NRE – AMA Centre for National Integrity

A common platform, a confluence of like minded individuals

discuss issues of common concern

speak in one voice so that we can be heard over the din

Guiding principles

• Inculcate a feeling of patriotism

and good nation building

• Developing right

value system and

ethics

• Respecting and

practicing ethical

behaviour

Proposed Projects• A course on Good Governance

• People Movement – Involving

those working in the ground

level and in tribal villages

• Inter college competition to

target the youth, to provide

them a platform to express

their views

• Pilot project in schools to try

and inculcate moral values

among the school kids

Proposed Projects

• A research paper on

ethical practices based on

Indian tradition and

mythology for the youth

• Reinstating Moral Science

in school curriculum

• A quarterly Newsletter

All “DO”-able things

If we have the honest will to change the way we live and govern conduct ourselves