{"id":223,"date":"2011-08-30T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcurocks.wordpress.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2011-08-30T00:00:57","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T18:30:57","slug":"starting-afresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramramaswamy.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/30\/starting-afresh\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting afresh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hcurocks.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/gandhi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-225\" title=\"Gandhi\" src=\"http:\/\/hcurocks.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/gandhi.jpg?w=121\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Public life, it is widely considered, mirrors private realities. The events of the past few weeks around the Anna Hazare movement suggest that perhaps finally we- as a nation- are ready to begin to tackle the menace of corruption that so plagues our public life, including our private life, if truth be told.<br \/>\nIts best to be direct. If we are, as a nation, willing to tackle corruption at the highest levels, then as individuals, we need to be able to tackle corruption at the lowest level: the personal.<br \/>\nAnd since this blog \u00a0primarily addresses things concerning <strong>UoH,<\/strong> introspection is best begun at home. There are many individuals within the University&#8217;s system that indulge in petty corruption&#8230; the kind that vitiates the workplace, the work ethic, and the sense of commitment that most of the others have. Some of this is financial corruption- construction, procurement, allotment. This is clearly the worst since the amount of money we are granted is finite, and anyone who steals directly or indirectly, steals from us. This can hurt only others among us, others within the system. Some of it is a corruption of values. An earlier post has asked serious questions regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/hcurocks.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/22\/academic-quality\/\">Academic Quality<\/a>. Indeed, where does one begin? We know how to count the ways, but all too often, we desist from confronting such matters directly.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hcurocks.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/gandhi2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-235\" title=\"gandhi2\" src=\"http:\/\/hcurocks.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/gandhi2.jpg?w=119\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>There is no need for us to be so bashful, or so fearful.\u00a0<em>If we do not wish to accept public corruption, we should not accept private corruption either. \u00a0<\/em><br \/>\nWe have the examples. Now we need to live the life and <em>raise the bar of accountability<\/em> at <strong>UoH<\/strong> as well&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public life, it is widely considered, mirrors private realities. The events of the past few weeks around the Anna Hazare movement suggest that perhaps finally we- as a nation- are ready to begin to tackle the menace of corruption that so plagues our public life, including our private life, if truth be told. 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