Indian political leaders and bureaucrat

[Capt M Kumar]

A man, crawling on all fours, is searching for something under a tree on a hot summer’s day. A curious passerby stops and asks: “What are you looking for?” The man replies: “I’ve lost my watch.” The passerby asks: “Are you sure it fell near this tree?” The answer: “It’s cooler looking in the shade”.



Governments work something like this. They do what they think is easier to do rather than what is right. When confronted with a problem, they do one of these three things. They will either ban it (or threaten to), or they will throw money at the problem. If they don’t know what they want, they will appoint a committee.



Two recent developments — in the world of microfinance and airline fares — serve to illustrate this point. Ever since the media began reporting on the usurious rates charged by microfinance lenders, the latter have been put in the doghouse. http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/main-art...be_1478685