The recent experience regarding the Lok Pal Bill has re-confirmed a nagging feeling I have been harbouring for a long time. It has to do with what we do as a nation, and the way we do it. There is no dearth of brilliant people in India; in every activity that one can think of, we have people who can hold their own against the best in the world — be it movies, cricket, science or medicine. And the people who excel do so in a highly competitive, global and professional world. However, when it comes to solving our own societal problems, we show a serious lack of professionalism. This is not to say that the problems we face are simple and any professional expert can solve them; but certainly, the chances of a professional expert coming up with a solution are no worse than those of a well-meaning non-professional.

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Shubhashis Gangopadhyay: Corruption - let's be professional about it

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