Cops or Touts : We are to be blamed

You have have done it,I have done it,we all have done it.It is something prevalent in our system and we are all very much a part of it.It invariably happens whenever we queue outside a multiplex,or a railway counter,or a stadium when we see these "Blackers" who sell tickets to you at a marginally high price.They are so much a part of our society that they have even inspired movie-makers to use their characters for the main protagonist.Remember Aamir Khan in Rangeela..?Even the Cops are aware of them,but they exist and flourish everywhere.We have all seen it,and sometimes been a part of it.

Fortnights ago a sting operation by the Network TV 18 showed us how a police constable in broad daylight helped touts sell "black-tickets"to hockey fans,outside the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium,the World Cup Hockey Venue in the Capital.What is even more shocking is that other cops blissfully ignored this act of their colleague.This is really a shameful incident considering that the Commonwealth games are due in October this year.The security lapse at the Hockey World Cup venue has become a matter of prime concern in the wake of intelligence inputs about possible terror threats received before the tournament could begin.Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi sought action against a policeman caught on camera selling Hockey World Cup tickets in the black market.

This is a major security lapse on the part of the Delhi Police.They have shamed the nation.Events such has the World Cup are a platform to show the world how capable we are of hosting such events.The adeptness and vigilance we show would bear fruits in the long run as we are set to host the Commonwealth Games and the ICC Cricket World Cup soon.Strictest action should be taken against the Cop who thought that when it comes to the police,all's fair.

In India, corruption is something we all learn to live with. But wait! We need not be resigned to it or cynical. Instead of breast-beating over the sorry state of affairs, let's explore the solutions. Empowering the people and putting them in charge of their own neighborhood will reduce corruption as well as make administration effective because that is where the administrators themselves live.Hear 'corruption' and we either become extremely moral, lambasting all those who indulge in it, or we are resigned to it being a part of life. Just this once, let's make an effort to actually care, and more than that, to explore the avenues of action available to us.

This corrupt system will take time to change.We are to be blamed for this - Police khati hai, kyunki hum khilate hain.I ask every one of you,next time when you see corruption happening right in front of you,what will you do?Will you turn a blind eye,will you laugh it off saying - sab chalta hai... or will you take action?If you choose to ignore,then you don't have a right to call the system corrupt.We make the system.We are responsible for it.We breast feed it.

I always feel there are two ways you to live - One,whatever happens,let it happen.Let things be the way they are good or bad.Two,Change them.

"Kuch kariye,kuch kariye....bas bas bada bole....ab kuch kariye"