Society is in peril when leaders use unparliamentarily language in public

Bengal is passing through difficult times. Charges of corruption against political leaders is not new but these have been rocking the scenario in Bengal. First, it was Parthha Chatterjeee, a minister who is believed to have minted a fortune. He was an influential leader of the Trinamool Congress and used to be close to a film actress Arpita Banerjee of Tollywood. Both came under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate and are presently in jail. He lost his ministerial berth and many other portfolios. He was a minister but the party did not stand by him. Its suoremo Mamata Banerjee threw him to the wolves. Then the cattle smuggling racket came to the forefront. This time it was the Central Bureau of Invetigation at work. Here, Anubrata Mondal, another heavyweight of the same party was involved. This person loved to use unparliamentarily language in public. Moreover, he enjoyed the blessings of Mamata Banerjee the party supremo. In fact, she came out openly in his support. That changed the equation. As protests over corruption grow in Bengal, more Trinamool leaders began to use threatening language. Emboldened by her open support to Anubrata, another Trinamool leader used unparliamentarily language in public. The worst part is that this leader Saugata Roy was a retired physics professor in a college and well educated. People held him in high esteem. It was strange to hear such an educated person speak in an uncouth language and utter such words.

There have been earlier instances of leaders using filthy language. It hurts society when well-educated and apparently genteel leaders use threatening language. Kalyan Banerjee, a senior counsel of the Calcutta High Court, hurled intimidating abuses from a public rally recently in Hooghly district. He said - “If Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee are maligned, the opposition parties will be beaten up.” Then there was Madan Mitra, another Trinamool Congress legislator who advised his followers to practice stick combats and set up special centers for training. He even promised to supply the sticks.

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Soon jobs will be given without interviews (satire)

Moody finally concluded that job interviews lead to corruption and to the creation of a corrupt society and, ultimately, it is the poor people who suffer. That is not conducive to Moody's idea of Utopia and the point of fact is that the number of job vacancies was always insignificant to the number of candidates who apply.
He had been thinking about this problem for many days and finally called up one of his ministers - she used to be a well known personality on TV and, even though she was an Indian, her name would tend to suggest that she hailed from another country.
So, Moody had given her the nickname of Ranee and had entrusted her with the task of looking after education.
'Is it a fact that a hundred thousand people have applied for the post of two sweepers?' he asked her.
Ranee nodded.

'And that many of them are post graduates?'
Ranee nodded once again.
'Do we need post graduates as sweepers?
'Well - highly qualified sweepers could revolutionize the very art of sweeping,' Ranee replied demurely. She was always like that. She never raised her voice or her eyes while talking.
'But - processing a hundred thousand applications to select just two persons is silly. Don't you think so?'
'That has been the tradition till now,' she replied. 'Let us change that.'
'OK,' Ranee said.
'By the way, how many of these would-be sweepers have recommendations?'
Ranee had no reply.
'What is the ratio of men to women applicants?
'That is being worked out.'
'Finally, which two would get selected? How long would it take to clear the complete process step by step - from written test to interview to medical tests to selection?'
Again Ranee was stumped.
'Well,' Moody sighed and sat back in his throne. 'To me, it would be pure luck to whosoever gets the appointment. Therefore, let us play tick-tack-toe and just select any two of them. That will eliminate chances of corruption, nepotism and even class conflict.'
Ranee also sighed in relief.
'I will make the announcement the next time I go on the air,' Moody appeared to be satisfied and Ranee left, a big load off her head.'
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My Boss wanted me to become a detective

Yes, in those initial days in HAL Nashik, my Boss once wanted me to become a detective and investigate an allegation of corruption against one of the officers in the section. It was an extremely sensitive affair and an embarrassment for me to do the work but I was helpless.
The allegation was that the officer was taking bribes from the workers for booking them on overtime – the overtime meant double payment to the worker for the number of hours he does overtime and he was supposed to give a cut of his earnings to the officer.
The allegation had been sent to the General Manager through an anonymous letter and my Boss wanted me to have a look at the handwriting and identify the person who had written it.
Boss opened the drawer, took out the letter and showed it to me. I was totally confused because there were nearly 250 workers and supervisory staff in the section and anyone of them could have written it. Boss saw the confusion on my face and hinted that whoever had written it would not be any worker because it was written in English – the writing was legible and there were no grammatical errors.
The clues were there but many persons would fit the bill. To me it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. I told as much to him and he folded the letter and put it back in the drawer.
I came out of his office and heaved a sigh of relief but, I became a marked man because the workers had seen me and there was suspicion on their faces. Why should I spend nearly half an hour in the office of my Boss unless something was brewing?
My Boss’s office was on the upper floor and as I climbed down the stairs, I could feel eyes piercing me from all directions. I just ignored them – I had to survive. (to be continued …)

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