Our mother India is celebrating 75th year of Independence from British rule, but are we really free. On this occasion, our elected leaders will make eloquent speeches about the achievements of the government and political parties in particular. Centre as well as State governments will announce welfare schemes which will appear on paper, they will also lay foundation stones. But will our leaders publicly admit that corruption is rampant in our country from top to bottom? The newspapers are full of corruption related stories almost daily which are difficult to digest but most are true, the main cause of this evil is greed. People in power under some pretext or the other lie, steal, loot and siphon public money to acquire more wealth which will be enough for generations together without worry. When greed takes control of person’s heart it becomes hard and accumulation of wealth becomes the only goal in life.
This insatiable desire drives out honesty, accountability, sense of decency, compassion for the poor. Referring to greed, Mahatma Gandhi said, “There is enough in India for everyone’s need but not for everyone’s greed.” Time to retrospect.
