Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Z for Zero : Zero Laxity towards bending rules

Two friends were on a bike early in the morning. They were rushing towards the Y K M Hospital on the other part of city- their friend from their native place was battling some head injuries suffered last night in a drink and drive situation. Though the guy in the driver’s seat stopped at a traffic signal, he was itching to jump the signal after carefully noticing no traffic cops on either side of the road, the time being early in the morning. The friend in the pillion objected to it strongly. An argument ensued. The driver guy was trying to justify breaking the rule only once for the sake of their dear friend who is in dire need of blood which can be ensured on them reaching the hospital early. The other person stood his ground and refused to ride along and make other arrangements in case the signal is jumped. While it might not cause any danger to anyone for them to break the rules in that instance, it would set up a wrong notion and example to everyone else stopping in the light. Their value system, their education, their upbringing – all would be questioned in people’s mind and someone else somewhere repeating the act might end up taking someone else’s life. In the middle of the continued argument, the onward signal became green and they moved on.

Is this not a very common sight for all of us?

All of us, committing a wrong thing or felony only once, will collectively add up to a large number of such cases putting the society in danger and push it one more step towards peril. 

Many of us have might have taken help of “someone else”, in exchange of money, having connections internally in different government departments in the case of getting a driving license or khata transfer (document for house mutation). It did not take much of our time to get the things done in the right and just way when we approached the authorities directly helped with the much simplified processes put in place along with electronic systems. There are very many good people inside the system who are ready to help when approached directly. Another very good example is passport application through the online appointment system. Right now, that is the only system and we all patiently wait and budget our time in the absence of previously available so-called helps.

With all these, the point I am trying to make is we, the educated lot of the country, need to be sincere and earnest about zero laxity towards corruption and rules.  Even doing it once does not justify the cause, rather one becomes the part of them who often take law in their own hand to curb it the way they liked it -in their own ways.


Let us give it a push at our individual level towards taking our country out of these menaces. In that way, our hands will be stronger, our voices will be heard with utmost care before we point fingers to others.

17 comments:

  1. Interesting questions asked on Zero laxity and let's do our bits to become better citizens. Well done, Jayanta and glad to meet you, Champion. Congrats:)

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    1. Thanks, Vishal. It is nice to meet you too. Look forward to many more continued discussions going forward :-).

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  2. Very interesting read on yet another India-theme, Jayanta! Wish many will take you up on that! Well written and super -duper finish of the challenge! Congrats to you! It has been so great to have had your insights and to connect with you. Keep writing:-) All the best

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    1. Dear Eli, I really appreciate your time and kind comments all through last month. I mean it and hope to keep the interactions going on in future..I wish you all the best as well. Do keep in touch. Please read my Y post if possible..

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  3. You have written a well thought out post! There are instances where many of us saw our comforts before corruption! Glad times are changing and for rich to poor things are becoming equal! Yes we need a strong value system! Congratulations! and a good closure! :)

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  4. It is that one wrong act that results in zillion other wrong acts, i believe no matter wha,t bending rules even for just one time should not be acceptable

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  5. True that!! I so agree with that. A small effort everyday by everyone in doing what is right can make a big difference!
    Congratulations for acing this A to Z challenge, Jayanta and it was good to interact with you through this challenge :)

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  6. Very well said Jayanta. You have raised so many issues during this one month challenge. If every one follows all rules, the country will definitely be a winner all the way. Congrats for the successful completion of the challenge.

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  7. rightly put, we are all victims in some way or the other, its time that we take the challenge in our lives to do our bit, in making our country a better place for all of us , thanks for sharing ! congrats !

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  8. A thought-provoking post, Jayanta. I agree fully with the spirit of the idea/words you share here, and yet there is a little part of me that still wonders if we can or should take an absolute rigid stance over anything. Sometimes for some ends we have to bend the rules (after all rules are also man-made and nothing Supremely Divine about them). Doesn't saving the life of a person become more important than sticking rigidly to a rule? I am not sure what is the right answer or not so right answer in such a situation. Even doctors sometimes bend their or hospital rules in some extremely critical situations. Well,...I shouldn't really go into a discussion here on this. But let me thank you for this very interesting and thoughtfully written post as your last piece for the A-Z challenge. You have given us much to ponder upon in this series. Thank you! And congratulations for completing the challenge so grandly :) Hope to stay connected...

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    1. Dear Beloo, If we start doing "Sometimes for some ends we have to bend the rules", there is no end to it.. Sometimes we need to come out of we, I , us and think about they, them :-). This is my opinion toward this :-).

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  9. Hi Jayanta,
    My congrats comes first.
    You did it well in time,
    Nice to meet you in this challenge
    Glad that I found another Indian blogger on my run LOL
    I fully agree with your points you raised here and at the
    same time I partially agree with Beloo Mehra too, what
    she said also is correct, yes, sometimes somewhere
    some bend is needed but it that is a habitual one then
    we are a gone case LOL
    Nice post Jayanta
    Keep in touch
    Best Regards
    May you have a Happy Weekend
    ~Philip

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    1. Thanks for your kind opinion. Appreciated.

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  10. Thoughtful post . A numerous times in our day to day lives we bend the rules as if it's our right . Hope people understand someday .

    Congratas on completing the challenge :) Glad to have connected through A-Z .

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    1. Thanks, Doctor. It was good to know you as well.

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  11. Hey Jayants...
    your posts make me think and analyze whether we are doing out bit for the society..
    quite thought provoking....
    congrats on the successful completion of the challenge,,,

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  12. Rules should be the same-- for everyone.
    Damyanti, My Latest post

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