The Inevitable "Change" - Is it really surprising?

A lot of "change" is happening in India these days and trust me it's the best time to be part of this change, atleast we get to see 'how exactly things actually "change" in a country'. And that too in a country like India (with world's 20% population & world's largest democracy), a country which has always been believed to be run in a particular way. A common saying in India has always been, 'Yahaan aise hi chalte aaya hai, aur aise hi chalega'. To all those smart chaps who believed in this saying like the last generations, here comes the "change" - atleast to the law and order situation.

Like we all see in newspapers and television these days, a lot of large scale scams are in limelight, and a lot of finger pointing is happening all over the country. Seems like all the big agencies, news channels, political parties & large corporates of the country are involved in some way or the other. Is it surprising, really? I am not surprised and I know you are not surprised either, since we all have been brought up with the lesson that in India, we will have to pay some "under the table" charges at all the levels. What do you think these all charges add up to - simple 1000 rupees for 100 crore people makes 1 lakh crores.. Huh! I never thought it that way.

Then why is there such a big fuss about all these scams, and why are they confusing us? May be because we all as a nation have always been part of them, but never really accepted them as existent, and now every one is playing the "innocent game". Or, may be because some of us were so busy in our own lives that we never really bothered about these scams, and now are surprised how is it possible when so many legal agencies exist. Or, may be because we were brought up with the philosophy that everyone is doing some thing wrong, ignore that and focus on your own development, and now we are all confused when so called "accepted norms" are being punished. 

If with these scams, 90% people want to say - "what a shame to them and the country?" May be we should check our own records and see how many times we or our parents have paid 'extra' bucks or used 'extra' powers to influence some decisions for our advantage. It's fed deep in our roots, where we pay 100 rupees at the traffic signal to the Pan shop, or 500 rupees for the driving license to the license broker or 1000 rupees for other day to day documents. This entire system is existing right here, and we all as a nation have always been part of it. 

But there is a subtle difference happening fundamentally. We never accepted these facts as a nation and I think it's part of the "change" that this all is happening, since I believe that the first part of any change is the acceptance of facts in the real world, and that's what all these scams are really doing. These scams are looking at us directly in our faces, and saying it's the right time to bring everything to transparency, and contribute to the change. May be we all are corrupt, may be we all have been corrupt, but let's not take that ideology to the next generations. May be this finger pointing by the highest court of our country to the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, CBI, Media houses is a right step forward. May be this is really called "democracy". May be there is a message that not every one is corrupt yet. May be there is a message that a "change" is knocking at our doors. Lets welcome the first step in the "change", and see the new legislations/rules or the steps of development that will follow. The one who orients in the direction would lead the nation.