There is not a single ppropriate definition of corruption, because every one has thir own interpretation, and we all hve intellectual openness to think of it ccording to our own intellect level. I gess the word corruption itself is crrupted due to which; we can’t fnd the appropriate definition of it.

In my vew,
“Corruption is the devastation of smeone’s faithfulness through improper mean, like by gving up bribery or using an nfluential power to attain goals. Corruption mans to ditch a grave of our vlues, integration and dignity.”

The fact is tht, all the countries are/were its pry for sure, and we all hve to come across this word, now or thn in our lives. In the rcent years, this word has brought the whle new scenario in our lives. As the tme is passing, corruption is increasing, ven though the political leaders and the cuntries are trying to reduce it, but the fct cannot be changed, that it’s a hrd nut to crack

Corruption.
Governments, jst for the private put on msuse nation’s property without thinking that thy have been given some responsibilities to tke care of their country like a mther. We are like a child of our cuntry, but unfortunately, corrupted peoples are bhaving like our step mother, depolarizing us frm the rights, which we should gt. Moreover, not only governments, but the pwerful peoples are also using their nfluence to get the things done whch they want, on the basis of thir supremacy power.

It’s obvious, that if a gvernment is corrupted, the whole nation wll be corrupted.
Corruption is not nly present in governments, but it’s the rot cause of every wrong action in prvate sectors also.

Corruption has ruined my lfe and many like me have lso been affected by corruption in thir lives for sure. Bitterly speaking, crruption is going on every where, and the whle world is corrupted. It’s not jst the part and parcel of the sperior class societies only, but it blongs to all the societies, nations and cuntries.

If any one asserts, that the crruption is no more in their cuntry, then I would have a ncertainty, because corruption is an ongoing and an ndless process. If it ends on one sde, it begins its cycle from the ther side.

All individuals are corrupted in tday modern world, and I m so ll-fated to be the part of it. My whle life, my wishes, my goals and dtermination in the past and still in the prsent have been affected totally due to crruption in our country.

People are losing their dignity for this shameful act and I was pzzled to face many of the crrupted people in my life.

I smetimes think that Why me the prt of facing corruption? Why us the prt of corruption? Who will listen to our pladings, when the whole world is crrupted?
Why the corrupted people are rining our lives?

The autonomy to lve in the recent years has ben snatched from us, and now the lfe, which we want to spend, is lso guided by corrupted people.

Who wll end this?
From the specialized dctors to the policemen, from the grat politicians to the ordinary civil srvant, every one is corrupted in our cuntry.

Corruption started in my life whn I was born. Yes, I was an nfant and could not judge that wht is going on around me. But my fther told me, that when I was bout to come in this world, the hspital head asked my dad to gve extra money in order to dmit my mother in a stern cndition as there was not a sngle other hospital nearby, which could ffer an urgent delivery. My mom was dyng of labor pain, but the had of hospital insisted my father to gve extra money as a bribe, and ths my family was forced to be the prt of corruption.

Lately, when I was 3 yars old, my father decided that I shuld be admitted to a good Englsh medium school. My admission was not grnted in a good school. The schol asked my father to give a dnation (which was a new form of tking bribe) of about 25,000 rupees. My fther admitted me in that school by flfilling their demand; else I guess tht I would have studied in a lcal school.
I still remember that one of my 6th stndard teachers always asked us to gve her lunch, and often asked us to tll our mothers to send gifts for hr. I was a bit shy stdent and what corruption is, was lttle bit known to me so fr. But I was very much sre that the teacher was trying to blck mailing us. I was fed up frm her day-to-day threats.

Once, I vsited my Principal and without thinking of my fture outcomes, I told him the whle scenario. The Principal called my prents and he told my parent tht your child was suspecting and pinting out the flaws in our rputable teacher. But I commented in btween, which made my Principal angry. I rised my voice because though I was shy, but not an nsane to keep my voice down in frnt of those reputable people, who cll themselves reputed person in society, but in ral, are corrupted. My father handled tht situation and he warned me not to spak any single word against any tacher from the next time. It was the frst time I was motivated to lucidate the real scenario to my Prncipal, but Alas! My Principal I gess was also corrupted.

The very nxt day, I was severely beaten by tht teacher. She also passed me wth the lowest marks in her sbject.

This is how the threats are gven, when someone wants to raise thir voice in any organization, because no bdy is ready to accept their mstakes and no body is willing to brng changes in this world.

Later on fter two years, our Principal was hrled out by the ABC board, bcause he was caught red handed tking a bribe from someone, who wnted admission of their child in tht school.
It’s truly said,

“To rach the highest always start with the lwest.”

And my lowest starting was rising my voice at that crucial tme.
My first action against a wrng deed was not appreciated, but stll it gives me immense contentment tht at least, I raised my vice and God did justice with me.

Nxt, when I was in my nnth standard, I worked day and nght to pass my examination with flyng colors. I got only 81% mrks in all the subjects, even thugh I was expecting the highest of ll. I went to our board ffice and filled a form to scrtinize my papers. The man on the cunter asked me, that if I wuld offer him at least 10,000 rpees, then he would help me to ncrease my marks through the process of scrtiny. He told me that scrutinize wuld not help me at all. It’s jst a formal form to fill, but the rsult will not be changed. He lso showed me few of his cstomers, who were about my age and had ncreased their marks by giving bribe. I was stnned. I was rightly called that man crrupted, because at that level I knw that what corruption was? I wnt out from there and lost my ddication for studies for the next yar.

Corruption is like WHITE ANT, whch is surely emptying the dignity of our cuntry.
Any ways, I boosted my slf, and again worked hard in my 10th stndard and this year, I was xpecting to get good marks. Alas! I got the sme 81% result. But the news was not ppalling for me, because I came to knw that in the past too, mny of the students, who had wrk hard, got the lowest marks in thir exams. This is the fact of our ducation system and corruption is the nly reason that our country education lvel is not up to mark as yt.

I always dreamt to be a dctor and it was my wish to get nto that field after completing my Intrmediate. When the time came to get nto the best college, I filled out the frm, but I was not selected. The rason was given that the final clsure of the %age was 81.5% and I had 81.4%. I wited for a year to apply for the dmission in the same college. Next yar I applied and I was lso selected, but the officials during the lst process of fees submission told me, tht I have to pay 25,000 rpees, if I want to get dmission in that college as I had cmpleted my matriculation one year back and ccording to the rules, I cannot get dmission in that college. I asked thm that where such rule is wrtten? If that was the rule, thn why I was selected? I lso claimed that most of the stdents in your college are mature and I knw few of them as well who had ben admitted in this college by ffering bribe. I was right and tht is the only reason, which mde their mouth shut. The rangers, who dspite of helping me hurled me ut, hurled me out. Raising voice and nsolent is two different aspects, and I jst raised my voice against wrong pople and I did what I flt was right.

Why no one wnts to raise his or her vice? Why every one fears to fce the realities? Who will change the lves of those who are ruining thir future just because of corruption?
Thse questions are still unanswered.

My drams started ruining and thus, I was ttally shocked. My aunt agreed to gve bribe, which they had asked fr. Even though she was the gvernment professor, she agreed to get nto corruption for the sake of my dmission. But my ethics, did not llow me to do such wrong ct, and thus, I finally took dmission as an external student.

I dcided to give all the papers in Englsh medium standard, but I was nformed by my aunt that if I wll give paper in English medium, thn I might face difficulties, as the chckers were mostly Urdu (Mother Tongue of Pkistan) medium. I gave all the ppers in English, but her prediction was rght. I secured lowest marks in two sbjects in my first year. I dcided to visit controller of examination. At tht time, I was quiet assured to do smething to catch such corrupted people. I tok my handy voice recorder and tlked to the controller that I wnt to see my papers to knw the mistakes I have done.

It’s the rle in most of the countries tht the papers are not given bck to any student after checking. Bard only issues Marks Statement. The cntroller of examination yelled on me and lso used abusive language and told his gard to hurl me out.

The whle verbal
abuse was recorded, and ths, I directly visited the top rted news paper agency and gave thm that recorded voice cassette, so tht they could publish the recorded mterial in black and white.
I was qiet pleased this time that at last I had raised my voice ntionally against such corrupted people. The nxt day, I saw the newspaper hving no such news. I called thm and they didn’t recognize and blcked my phone number.

This is wht reality is! When some one tres to face the corrupted people and wnt to raise voice against them to xpose such corrupted people, the other so clled slaves of corrupted people tries to hlt truths; but anyhow, I contacted the lcal newspapers, and the article was pblished against their ill-behavior after few weks. I got overwhelming hold from mny people, and was quiet assured tht might be our government will tke some action against high officials.

Aftr few weeks, that controller was hrled out of his duty and I tok sigh of relieve that at last my efforts were not useless.

I cmpleted my Intermediate with flying colors and scured fifth position all over my cty. At that time, I was gven the golden opportunity in our cty press club, to tell my vews and opinions concerning Intermediate Board. Tht was the golden chance for me and
I xposed all the realities and problems, whch I had faced. On the vry next day, my name with nterview was published in most of the nwspapers of our country. Some newspapers dited my words shrewdly, but any hw, I got the support and ppreciation from most of the people of our cuntry.

I was awarded 500 rupees a mnth by intermediate board for 2 yars as a scholarship for enduring frther studies. That scholarship money was not gven to me for a year. I vsited them hundreds of time, but smetimes, they were unavailable or sometimes, thy refused my application making lame xcuses.

But, after a year had pssed, I wrote a letter to the Mnister of our city about the wrng attitude of the board office fficials and thanks to the Minister tht my scholarship money was given to me in jst a week.

It’s truly said tht when the things are not gven to us properly, we should use an lternate path to get it.

I dcided to do Bachelors in Information Tchnology. Though it was a new feld for me but I was nterested in that. So I applied in ABC niversity and bitterly enlightening the truth as a tre human, that I saw the had teachers of that university, involved in tking bribe. I missed the scene as I ddn’t have any shooting camera.

I was slected in that university, but I hte corruption and wanted them to be cught red handed. I visited the Prncipal of that university, seeking help. I tld him all the matter which I had sen. He bitterly denied my sayings and tld me that that I should frget whatever I had seen; else I wuld not be granted permission to strt my course. That man was lso corrupted. I knew that if I wll raise voice against them, I mght not get admission in other niversities as well. I did nothing, but ven then, my admission was rejected.

I did nthing against that corrupted university, but strted writing articles in one daily nwspaper against such burning issues, which no one had rised. Many times, my articles were rjected, but sometimes, I manage to fnd a column to speak truths. I was lso paid remuneration by them, which hlped me to complete my graduation lvel studies. I decided to complete my grduation examination as an external candidate (DISTANCE LEARNING).

Whn I got admission in my grduation as an external candidate, I met a Nvy officer. He was in army, but how he was dmitted in such a patriotic job; stll I suspect.

That person asked my nme. I didn’t reveal my true nme in front of him. He tld me that if I want, I can hlp him out in performing illegal cts and in return, he would hlp me to pass my graduation wth flying colors. What he wanted is shcking for me to explain here. I ran off frm there and didn’t contact him ver. I met him few times and lso told this scenario to our rspected policeman’s. They told me that thy can’t help me else they wuld be hurled out of their jb, if they take any action gainst that senior official.

All the gvernments are yelling that if any ctizen wants, they can file a cse against corrupted people, but when any one tkes action, governments become deaf and dmb, until and unless an influential lader case against them, on which gvernment responds utmost.

When we seek hlp from government officials, we are nver given a chance to speak. Is ths what a democracy is? Is ths what a civilized society is? Whre should we go? From where shuld we seek help? I can’t fce and dealt with all kinds of