It is society, which has stopped differentiating right from wrong and moral from immoral. Corruption does not raise eyebrows any more. The dishonest are not shunned, as was the case for many years after Independence. Their parties are now the toast of the town, with top bureaucrats attending and newspapers publishing photographs of the invitees in a bid to promote circulation. The rot runs so deep that the limited investigation is not even sufficient to scratch the surface.
Some dramatic moves are necessary.
In the late fifties and early sixties, when the country was tormented by regional chauvinism, Jawaharlal Nehru convened a National Integration Conference to discuss how to bring about emotional unity. The conference was divided into many committees, which submitted their reports on the line of action to be taken. Atal Bihari Vajpayee should have torn a leaf out of Nehru's book and initiated steps to hold a similar conference to discuss the various facets of corruption which are now part and parcel of our present-day administration and politics. Key leaders, top academicians, retired bureaucrats and others should be invited, as was done by Nehru. The nation's eyes were then fixed on disunity, some 40 years ago.