Mindspace | 3Kone Media Consultancy | Siddharth Sharma

Social development occurs due to a synergy of two things 1) Individual competition 2) Society’s Caravan approach.      In the competition model, an individual is free to forge ahead to the extent that the society permits him to, but in a caravan model it is binding to take along weaker individuals as well. A harmony between the two is an ideal system. The western model is far off from the caravan model and communism has no incentive for individual competitiveness. Prior to the nineties, India was devoid of any model of development. Post liberalization, we are running at breakneck speed on the competition model super highway.      Education is vital in the competitive model. An educated person is undoubtedly more successful in the material progress of himself, his family and his nation than an uneducated person, but this education has been more of a hindrance rather than of any help as regards to the issues of social order and justice. Education has no conse...

1। In India, corruption is rampant from top to bottom. An estimated 100% of politicians, 95% traders, 75% judiciary and 90% educationists are corrupt to some extent. 2।Out of Rs 100/- paid by public as tax, Rs 15/- reaches the administration। Out of that which the administration gives to the public, only Rs 2/- reaches them. In effect, the government is collecting Rs 100/- to provide relief worth Rs2/-. 3। Laws and corruption complement each other. Laws intensify corruption and corruption intensifies laws. 4। When a person’s rights are transferred to another, they metamorphose into power of the recipient. This then becomes a law. This is the genesis of corruption. 5। The quantity of power (laws) in a system is the same as the quantity of corruption. 6। Power decentralization in India will help reduce corruption. 7। Transparency, decentralization and reduction of laws are the simplest method to eradicate corruption. Nationalization too must come to an end. 8. Except crime control, the s...