At last.............A Silver Lining for India?

The above article by Dr.Thacker, with the photo of the Rs.0 currency, is a comical way of getting rid of corruption. I'll narrate a small true incident of the depth of corruption. One of my relatives joined the Customs as an officer. After training, all the trainees were asked to choose their place of posting. Most of them chose Bongaon, bordering Bangladesh, as all those who are posted there earn a good amount of extra money from this check post. My nephew chose some other place. But, ultimately, he was posted in Bongaon. On the very second day he caught hold of a truck containing contraband goods worth several lakhs. The tragedy was it was my nephew who had to run from pillar to post to release this truck. From then on he vowed never to catch any wrongdoer. It would be easier to take his share of the loot and save his skin. It requires courage and tenacity to remain uncorrupted, even to the extent of sacrificing one's life. But if the Rs.0 note is fed to those hungry for bribe, good sense may prevail, at least to a certain percentage of bribe takers.