Why corruption is rampant in India?

If politicians and bureaucrats of India think corruption is their legitimate right and they can stash up black money in Swiss Bank to a mind-boggling scale of $1456 billion, higher than the combined black money of other nations, and still expect the citizens of this country will sit back and praise their act of grafting, then they are in a serious delusion. People will rise, protest, and upsurge to fight back corruption in whatever form. The recent country-wide movement against corruption spearheaded by Anna Hazare and supported by public is a result of incessant complacency of law makers of this country in curbing corruption. The citizens of this country are not subjects of a feudal monarchy who would blindly support any wrong act and could not dare to show their spiraling frustrations oozing out from the suppressed informed cognizance. If some pseudo intellectuals in media circus and some politicians brand this act of movement as blackmailing the democracy, probably they need to go back to school to complete their understanding about functioning democracy. A biased version of argument doesn't tantamount the merit of the premise. No protesters who did participate in the crusade against corruption would like to hijack the soul of democracy. Every citizen of this country knows well the benefits of democracy and pursue his or her aspiration to help functioning of it in the most effective manner. If one could minutely analyze the essence of this recent movement, from any angle, it would look like a conspicuous collective consciousness of like minded citizens to voice against the systemic corruption, which has affected their daily life seriously. We shouldn't paint this act of genuine revolution as anti-democratic or blackmailing the government.

After 64 years of independence, India doesn't even have a comprehensive law to tackle the systemic corruption. A Lokpal Bill that was placed before the Parliament 42 years ago has been stalled by successive governments in all these years. It seems no political party in this country is genuinely uncorrupted. Had it been the contrary, our country could have an anti-corruption bill well in place, and the recent movement could hardly been experienced or observed. The most ironic incident is that VP Singh who won the elections by exposing Rajiv Gandhi's involvement in the Bofors scam even couldn't able to pass that bill in the Parliament. The visible fear psychosis of politicians is an indication of the fact that corruption in our country is not bottom-up, rather top-down. A couple of uncorrupted parliamentarians cant check the elephantine corruptions in this country. It requires inclusive and cohesive efforts of law makers and citizens at large to ensure a corruption-free country. If some politicians think that a powerful Lokpal Bill could be a significant degeneration of their sovereign power in looting public money, it's better they should leave politics and do whatever they want to do, India doesn't needs them. What's essential now is a progressive, transparent, accountable, and corruption-free political leadership at the helm of affairs delivering the results as desired by the citizens of this country.