Bureaucracy has deep roots in Indian system. I can’t speak much about other countries, because I don’t have much idea, but it is a clear case of hypocrisy when I speak of this “half-evil-half-good”.

I have recently been to a religious place, a place quite frequented by me. And each time I have been there, for the darshan of the God there, I should call myself a privileged person for I never waited (ok I did wait few times) in the long serpentine queues that are usually present there. Courtesy - my parents being government employees and some good connections to the higher-ups. This is very common in here. Everybody knows somebody influential!

However, the system here is different. The Lord/God here is very popular with everybody, from the common man to the uncommon, from the poor to the ultra rich, from the watchman to the Prime Minister, everybody comes here. But they don’t get equal treatment. So?? What’s the big deal in that?

The deal is ….

People complain that the well-connected and the rich can get away to a faster darshan, with less time spent in lines and queues, whereas the unlucky ones, sometimes spend close to 80 hrs for one darshan!!!!

You can complain, but, the authorities won’t take it. You might argue that every human is equal before GOD. Well they are!

“How clever!!” was the first thing that came up to my mind. Bureaucrats, relatives of bureaucrats, politicians, relatives of politicians (I guess you got the picture) all of them getting into lines well ahead, short-cuts, and just before the main sanctum sanctorium, all the lines merge!!! Result: E.Q.U.A.L.I.T.Y before Almighty!!!

Wah!!

Now why is there hypocrisy?? Because, I was recipient of one of these privileges and at the same time, am writing this!! Half the time in line I was wondering why? Why should these privileges exist and that too standing in on of the pricier “short” lines!!