Crime in its various manifestations

It has been more than a decade that any serious dacoity was committed in Jagraon. It is most probably due to the mobile phone technology. Earlier the intruders used to cut the telephone lines. Since mobile phones don't have any wires, this type of crime has almost become extinct. Crime has changed its face. Dacoity is organised nowadays in the form of political parties and the gang of government babus. It is an extraordinary thing if a political leader is not invoved in scams. The nation witnesses one scam after the other. It would stop instantly even if one corrupt leader is hanged. Didn't we see that in Arab counties two years ago? Red tape has become quite an acceptable thing nowadays in the system. It is considered normal even if a civil servant is not in office perpetually. The PA can say 'Sahib round per hain (boss is on round". Hopefully some day the public would call their bluff by attaching a GPS system to their cars and making the information available online under RTI rules. Another popular line during forenoon is 'Sahib meeting per hain (the boss is busy in a meeting)'. But meetings were common only in pre smartphone era. An officer who cannot do a meeting online ought to be demoted. These days matters must be sorted out in no time with applications like whatsapp thereby eliminating the meetings altogether. In the afternoon one can hear 'Sahib lunch kar rahe hai (the boss is having his lunch). Interestingly the boss would not take lunch at the lunchtime when everyone is supposed to take it. How can he, if has had his breakfast at 9.30 and reached the office at 10.30? Lunch time, therefore, gets postponed to anywhere between 2 pm to 4 pm. Shouldn't a boss who eats past 2PM need to be packed home along with his lunch box? Then next excuse is 'Sahib rest kar rahe hain (the boss is taking rest)'. This is a blatant abuse of power. No one is paid for taking rest. This can be tackled if two resting bureaucrats per state are dismissed each year by some independent intelligence agency.The government servants at lower level try to copy their seniors as best as they can. It is quite like a dacoity in a different form. A few years ago an employee of some road related department in Jagraon was talking about his honesty amongst a group of parents in a school compound. He narrated how he did not okay a road made by some contractor. His tone showed as if corruption was his birth right and he had let go his share as a goodwill gesture. As per his narration he said to the contractor, " Ae Sarrak nahi ji pass honi. Ess nu theek karo. Bahutee gall hai assin apni corruption nahin lanndae.(This road cannot be passed unless made better. At most we can help by not demanding our share in corruption)." The lower ring of babus, anyhow,would be set right in no time once the top ones are fixed.