Bhishma Kukreti
Corruption at high places has became a cancer world wide specially in undeveloped and developing countries. The poets are most sensitive intellectuals and they are not silent over the corruption in all agencies.
One of the famous most Indian singers Narendra Negi wrote a poetry against corruption in Garhwali (Indian) language ‘Kathga Khailya” . The sensitive poet Negi brought an musical album on this lyric too.
The poem is as
Before, the author review the poem of Narendra Singh Negi , the author takes opportunity to discuss various issues related to corruption and know the poetry pattern in other countries where corruption is severely blocking the progress, development
Kathga Khailya Poem in Garhwali: Discussion on Reasons for Corruption
When a poet of status of Narendra Singh Negi brings a musical album “Kathga Khailya Re” (How Much Will You Take (Bribe)?”, it is obvious that people will start discussing various aspects of corruption. As Narendra Singh Negi hints in his poem that non patriotic attitude and selfishness of people at high places bring corruption , the scholars from the intellectual genere also provide same reasons for emerging of corruption in any region or place.
Culture: Guy Wint and Myrdal (1970) state that the culture of a region is one of the reasons for corruption as in most the Asian nations,”Public office means ‘Perquisites’.” Kohli (1975) from Indian point of view, relates corruption with tradition or convention, culture, psychological needs and necessary. Scolars provided culture of corruption or bribe in Russia, Italy , Spain . In South Italy this culture is ‘armoral familism’, in Spain it is ‘amiguismo’
Competition among various Ethnic Groups: Easterly and Levine argued that completion among various ethnic groups is one of the major factors of accelerating corruption.
Economic Development: Denial Treisman (1998) state that demand and supply is the reason of corruption in developing economy.
Mirror undo.org provide some examples of economic development as source of corruption reasons may be
1- Bribes clear the markets
2-bribes act as incentive to public servants
3-Bribes lower the cost of business
4-Bribes transfer monopoly rents to private investors , with a share going to public servants
5-Bribery to politicians attracts influences and bribery by politicians attract votes.
Rapid modernization brings abuses of public office for private gains
Diminishing Social Norms for Anti-Corruption: Due to various reasons when society leaves its untold norms against corruption, the money gained by corruption becomes the source of getting positive recognition in the sociality. The decrease in value system is one reasons for corruption.
Political System and Political Culture: The political system and political culture of each country is also responsible for emergence of corruption in the country . bribery most of the time, over rules the legal norms.
Too Much stability in Public Employment: Secured jobs in public services is one of the reasons for public servants going for using secured corrupt methods
Judiciary System: The judiciary system of the nation also encourages or discourages the crime of corruption.
Salary differences: The salary differences between public servants and private firm employees also create the path for corruption from public servants
Literature available about Corruption in Paraguay
Jeffery R Franks describes the reasons and methods about sprawling the corruption in Paraguay from 1960 when corruption in the country was approximately zero in his book “ Paraguay , Corruption, Reform and the Financial System”.
Alian Saint Saens published a poetry collection “Cantos Paraguayos” wherein Alian conveys the dangers and destruction of corruption in Paraguay , A critics remarks about the poetry collection, “ No Paraguayan president will easily be able to combat the issue with which Alian SaintSaens deals in his poetries – poverty, corruption , crime…”
Corruption of Nepal in Nepalese Poetry
Nepal comes in twenty eighth position in corrupted countries of the world.
Many poets wrote petries against corruption (Pajero) in Nepal Anand P Shreshtha provided the names of poets as lekhnath Poudyal, Gopal Prasad remal, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Kedar Man ‘Vyathit’, Sidhi Cahndra shreshtha, Bhupi Sarchan, Kali Prasad Rijal, Chhetra Pratap Adhikari, Gopal Yonjon who protested against corruption and other wrong happenings in Nepal in his research note ,” Protest Poetry: The Voice of Conscience “ (Nepalese Studies:Vol,27, No-2, (July 2000)
Anand Shreshtha opens his research findings with the words of famous philosopher Khalil Gibran as
They say
If you see a slave sleeping
Don’t wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom
But I say
If you see a slave sleeping
Wake him. And explain to him freedom
Devendra Pandey, Rabindra Khanal, N R Sangha and many writers published books on corruption in Nepal.
Poet’s Voice Against Corruption in Libya
Libya is on the position of twenty ninth country in corrupted countries list.
The poets and intellectuals are fighting many wars and battle in Libya. The various wrong happenings are due to dictatorship in Libya . Pablo Neruda a poet blames dictatorship in his poem as
The Dictators
An odor has remained among the sugarcane:
A mixer of blood and body , a penetrating
That brings nausea ……
The weeping cannot be seen like a plant
Whose seeds fall endlessly on the earth,…..
Hatred has grown scale on scale
Blow on blow in the ghastly water of the swamp
With a snout full of ooze and silence
Luis Martinez detailed about status of corruption in Libya in his well researched book ‘The Libyan Paradox” (2007).
Poetry about Corruption in Iran
Iran has thirtieth position from top in corrupted nations.
Houman Azizi provides the poetic expression against social malaise including corruption in his brilliant literary criticism note “ Iran’s Contemporary Poetry Tackles Social malaise . Azizi provides the names of poets who contributed against corruption and worsening situations in Iran
Azizi provides the example of a poem by Parveen Estesami. The poem is simply stressing that if the tiger is made the master of goats, the situation will be as following
An adjudicator
Who delivers judgment for bribery of any sort
How could he be trusted?
To answer the plea of people suffering
Famous most Indian singer and folk poet Narendra Negi also stresses on the issue of corruption in Uttarakhand province in the same way in his Garhwali (Indian) poem “Kathga Khailya (How much will you Take (bribe)?”) as Praveen describes the plea of corruption in Iran.
Iranian poets as Simih Bhbahani Darus Moghboudi, Mariam Farid Ghadami, Shirin Malek Mohmeddi raised their voices against corruption, malpractices by authorities, rising of gap between poor and riches through their fine poems.
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