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Land Of Jugaad
A recent gruelling
experience left me with enough energy to come up with this post. I am dead
sure all those who will go through it will relate it to their lives. In
the land of "jugaad" which is known as India the world over, one really
needs to be conversant with the tricks that will get him/her through the
maze of officialdom that one has to encounter while doing just about
everything. Each and every process involving the so called civil
"servants" has been tailor made to accommodate the needs and greed of the
officials involved. Be it filing your Income tax returns, application of
pan card, ration card, gas connection; you just cannot get your things
done without a "jugaad" (hindi for ingenuity or cleverness).
This is applicable not
only to government officials but it also encompasses officials in schools
, colleges etc - peons in schools and colleges act with the authority of
the principal - I remember one such peon called Rane in my school .. he
used to pull up children routinely for no reason. How I wish I should have
a meeting with him now ...You know...just to give him a taste of things...
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India as we all know is
the world's largest democratic nation and under the constitution of India,
each and every individual is awarded the freedom of speech, freedom of
expression etc. Apart from the Railways and the English language, the
British will be remembered for giving the gift of Democracy to India.
Now, the people of India
(especially those in civil services) using their own smart ways have
interpreted the freedom of speech to mean that they can ask for anything
if you want them to do your work, treat you in whichever fashion they
desire ...all this when they get paid to work for the citizenry...of
course they always find ways to supplement the official income that they
get and apart from that there is always the constant threat of strikes,
rasta-roko etc. for a pay raise and other fringe benefits... |
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Recently the
news about the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission
made all the babus laugh their way to the bank...and to top
it, the dearness allowance (DA) was also raised for all the
Government employees including the Armed Forces...Who cares
that it will cost the govt 0.4% GDP or Rs.20,000 crores and
DA hike another 6,ooo crores...the freedom of expression entitles
people to express their desires (read greed) as and when they
wish.
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Welcome to India ... As Suketa Mehta very rightly says in
his award-winning title "Maximum City", "India
is the Country of the No. That 'no' is your test. You have
to get past it. It is India's Great Wall; it keeps out foreign
invaders.
Pursuing it
energetically and vanquishing it is your challenge."
Jai Ho !!
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Contributed By:
Jimit Shah I have completed my engineering from Mumbai
University and was working with Oracle Financial Services Ltd. for the
past two years. But as fate would have it, I resigned from my job and am
looking for a new one. A voracious reader spanning business , finance ,
politics , marketing ,media & entertainment, I have developed a liking for
writing of late. I write on my blog jimitnshah.blogspot.com these days.
jimitnshah@gmail.com
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