Legal 'protection'

Such tactics are employed to a large extent by the politicians and big businessmen (illegal lands, plots, and constructions, and evasion of taxes and levies). It works, as most of the legal reforms are pending, and the regulations are outdated in the majority of cases.

The latest news is the complaint of the Finance Minister of thousands of injunctions against payment of arrears taxes and levies by a large number of defaulters. Big business groups wield a lot of unholy power and influence, and it is easy to silence mouths and slow down court actions.

Make situations complicated, is one way to gain time. Therefore the system losses in a corrupt society are very high, as protection rackets thrive on black wealth. The circulation of money is huge, but it is underground, generating many illegal grapevines for making quick bucks. The government is aware of the implications, but the remedial measures in good governance take time to enforce, even after new ordinances are promulgated.

The political masters have to pay attention to basic approaches, at the roots, instead of gaining publicity through branch-trimming exercises. The main weapon of the political parties is to find fault with the opponents; as if there were nothing else to do. The other weapon is hartal, which has negative implications. These two-way closed duels have to become open-ended for democratic weeding-out process.

Politics has to get out of the vicious circle. This is not possible with the old guards unable to change traditional stands and approaches. The new blood is tainted and polarised (the apprenticeship is faulty). Revolutions are not possible before each and every general elections, or even once in a generation, as the national stamina is limited in societies where the majority of the masses hover around the poverty level.

The political leaders do not go into long-term perspectives to tackle the negative implications plied upon the future generations.

The philosophy of ad hocism leads the poor nation into blind alleys.

Where are saviours? We lack aavoir-faire.