Oh Indians!!!

While Millions of Indians live in poverty, distrust and fear, A minority beats its chests in international forums claiming India as a democratic superpower. It‘s not uncommon in India to see a cloth less children begging from their effluent countrymen sitting in expensive cars. The gap between the rich minority and the poor majority is growing by the day. India has always been a land of contradictions however this one defines the modern India. The Indian state has provided justice to the resourceful and denied basic amenities of life to the rest. The common man of India faces exploitation, corruption and frustration every minute of his life. He is struggling for basic amenities, while the Rich amass thousands of crores.
To start with, India was established as a democracy by its founding fathers. They imagined an India where there is equal opportunity and justice for every Indian. They imagined a state which was for the people, by the people and of the people. However the Modern India has clearly failed their dream. Government officials have wealth many times what their salary will justify while common man fails to buy a house even after working hard all his life. It is time for us to introspect what went wrong in the last 60 years.
The discussion on how to come up with ideal form of governance to promote inclusive growth has been talked from the time of Romans and Greeks. Plato in his book " The Republic" delves on this topic. The book mentions that if a man could wear a ring which makes him invisible to the world, than that man will become unjust for lack of fear. He called this ring as as “Ring of Gyges” and the invisibility as the cause of problem in society
The ruling class of India has a Ring of Gyges on Its fingers since last 60 years. It is not accountable for anything. Its scams of thousands of crores can be overlooked. Unaccountability has created lack of opportunities for everyone because all the resources have been cornered by them. People have to spend 4-5 hours for commute because the infrastructure has not changed in sixty years while they stash money in their Swiss bank accounts. They live in excesses while the common man lives in misery day after day. I strongly believe that getting rid of this ring will make justice the norm for the fear of consequences of injustice
Could we get rid of this Ring of Gyges. The answer could be a yes. IT can provide solution to this problem. Just imagine a website established by an act of parliament, where anyone can file a complaint against government officials. The complains are fed into an online system which keeps records of these complains across India. As soon as there are 5 complaints against an official the system triggers a report to a special court (adequately manned) for decision within a week. The officer is summoned and the decision is pronounced. Can you see how fear will work to stop corruption?
No system is perfect but if success on online reservation system of railways is anything to go by , this system could remove the Ring of Gyges from all the officials in the country & ensure that the next 60 years bring some hope to India. This is a hypothetical suggestion infested with flaws but a thought to destroy the Ring worn by the officials.