what price honesty?

Well, we are over and done with the pomp, pageantry,ceremonies synonymous with the Republic Day Parade and last but not the least, the undertones of superficiality and arrogance that has come to be associated with our so called "Aam Aadmi" friendly sarkar.
One wonders whether the military might,pomp,new found bonhomie and spirit of superciliousness which was on blatant display this morning was the harbinger or portrait of India or the dastardly and ghastly attacks that were perpetrated against three civil servants who dared to discharge their assigned duties in a manner deigned to be true to the latter and spirit of their respective codes of conduct over the last two days were the mirror image of India in the 21st century?
The Additional District Collector of Nasik(Maharashtra)paid the ultimate price and made the supreme sacrifice while discharging his laid down duties.His only crime being the fact that he had the moral fibre to question the shenanigans of the ruling 'Oil Mafia'within the state and put paid to their nefarious activities solely initiated with the express purpose of looting the exchequer to the tune of crores of rupees with the active collusion of the ruling party within the state.
Yeshwant Sonawane was burnt alive by a band of nine goons identified by his driver, he was accosted by three of them,beaten up, publicly humiliated, doused with a 20 litre jerrycan of kerosene and then set alight as he had committed the heinous crime of filming them in the act of pilfering petrol with kerosene.
Two other civil servants were respectively attacked by the goons of the cement mafia and errant electricity bill paying citizens for commiting the sacrilege of collecting the dues payable to their respective departments.One has not yet forgotten the supreme sacrifice made by Manjunath and other whistle blowers like Amit Jethwa while exposing the sins of omissiona and commission of the high and mighty.
yours truly would like to ask whether honesty has become a crime today? is being honest a boon or a dastardly sin? why are brave sons od this glorious motherland paying with their life whenever they summon up the courage to question the wrongdoings of a callous few who have abrogated unto themselves the right to supercede all laid down laws,systems and judicial practices and precedents.
Are we living in a democracy which swears by the supremacy of the laid down laws in our constitution or then in a banana republic where the rights of a few are seen to be the rights of the silent majority as they wield the reins thanks to the might of their money,muscle and political power.The new found bonhomie between the various mafias and political dispensation while not exactly an overnight phenomenon is even more disturbing as the display of the same was not so blatant and disgraceful as it has come to be today.
This rather sorry state of affairs has carried on for too long and the country is crying out for a revolution that will set things right and usher in the rule of law within our motherland once again. Please join me in being the harbingers of change and initiating sincere,time bound and relevant efforts in the direction of a new and brighter future for our progeny.
SUNDEEP CHOPRA.