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CA. Tanvi Joshi (Chartered Accountant) (2729 Points)

16 February 2012  

First Rank in State in Secondary School Examination

First Rank in University in Plus Two

First Rank in IIT
Entrance Examination

First Rank in All India IIT Computer
Science

First Rank in IAS Entrance Examination

First Rank in IAS Training Institute



On passing
out from IIT Chennai Mr. Narayanaswamy was offered scholarship by the
prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology , USA .. He who came
from a middle class family believed that he had a moral obligation to give
something in return for the lakhs of rupees the government spent on him as
an IIT student. He had the intelligence and conviction to realize
that this money came also from the poorest of the poor - who pay up the
excise duty on textiles when they buy cloth, who pay up customs, excise
and sales tax on diesel when they travel in a bus, and in numerous other
ways indirectly pay the government. So he decided to join IAS hoping he
could do something for the people of this country. How many young men have
the will power to resist such an offer from USA ? Narayanaswamy did never
look at IAS as a black money spinner as his later life bears testimony to
this fact.





After a decade of
meritorious service in IAS, today, Narayanaswamy is being forced out of
the IAS profession. Do you know why?


A real estate agent
wanted to fill up a paddy field which is banned under  law.An
application came up before Narayanaswamy who was sub collector then, 
for an exemption from this rule for this plot of land. Upon visiting
the site he found that the complaint from 60 poor families that they
will face water  logging due to the waste water from a nearby
Government Medical College if this paddy field  was filled up.
Narayanswamy came under intense political pressure but he did what was
right - refused permission for filling up the paddy field. That was his
first confrontation with politicians.


Soon after his
marriage his father-in-law closed down a public road to build compound
wall for his plot of land. People approached Narayanaswamy with complaint.
When talking with his own father-in-law did not help, he removed the
obstructing wall with police help. The result, his marriage broke up.


As district Collector he raided the house of a liquor baron
who had defaulted Rupees 11 crores
payment to government and carried
out revenue recovery. A Minister directly telephoned him
and ordered
to return the forfeited articles to the house of the liquor
baron.Narayanswamy politely replied that it is difficult. The minister
replied  that Narayanaswamy will suffer.


In
his district it was a practice to collect crores of rupees for earthen
bunds meant for poor farmers, but which were never constructed. A bill for
rupees 8 crores came up before
Narayanaswamy. He inspected the bund.
He found it very weak and said that he will pass the
bill after the
rainy season  to ensure that the bund served the purpose. As expected
the earthen bund was too weak to stand the rain and it disappeared in
the rain. But he created a lot of enemies for saving 8 crores public
money.

The net result of all such unholy activities was that
he was asked to go on leave by the government.

Later such an
illustrious officer was posted as "State Co-Ordinator, Quality
Improvement Programme for Schools".

This is what the
politician will do to a honest officer with backbone - post him in the
most  powerless position to teach him a lesson. Since he found that
nothing can be achieved for the people if he continued with the State
Service he opted for central service. But that too was denied on some
technical ground.


What will you do when you have a
brilliant computer career anywhere in the world you choose with the
backing of several advanced technical papers too published in
international journals to your credit?


When you are
powerless to do anything for the people, why should you waste your life as
the Co-Ordinator for a Schools Programme?

Mr. Narayanaswamy is
on the verge of leaving IAS to go to Paris to take up a well paid United
Nations assignment.

The politicians can laugh thinking another
obstacle has been removed. But it is the helpless people of this country
who will lose - not Narayanaswamy. But you have the power to support
capable and honest bureaucrats like Narayaswamy, G.R.Khairnar and Alphons
Kannamthanam who have suffered a lot under self seeking politicians who
rule us. You have even the power to replace such politicians with these
kind of people dedicated to the country. The question is will you do the
little you can do NOW? At least a vote or word in support of such
personalities?





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