Are we doing right?

Last day,  I happened to overhear a colleague talking to his friend over phone. His friend has just returned from US (I guess) and wants to get some dollars converted to rupee and was seeking advice from my colleague on where he can get it done.

My colleague briefed him the possible ways like [...]in our office there is one, then there are some reputed agencies, banks etc.  and ya, there is one in __ place in the city where you’ll get some extra rupees…but it’s illegal[...]

I don’t know which option he took, but I hope he wouldn’t have chosen the last.

O.K, now the point is, do we ever bother to think where do these extra rupees come from? Where do those dollars go? It’s still pardonable if some poor chap is making his living with it… after all this is India. But, there is a darker side of it. What if the money is going to some criminals? some drug rackets/terrorist groups?

After every 26/11 or 7/11, we blame the government, politicians, intelligence failure etc. etc…cry that there was local help…and what not…and then a zillion conspiracy theories…after a month, all fumes will settle down and we will come back to our same old routine and be proud of being resilient!

We assume that our responsibilities are over just by paying taxes and casting votes, and rest all is government’s duty to make things right. Is it possible always? That too for a country like ours where the population is taking such a steep upward curve?

Hmm, let’s start making things right from ourselves first. The extra benefit we get for promoting something illegal will eventually fire back to us. So we need to make sure that we won’t deal with anything that is illegal.

Indeed, we will not fund someone if we are aware of what he’s gonna do with it. But there are certain things which may seem O.K, but which may not be that O.K always. At least just give a thought that where do these terrorists or criminals get money from. It’s hard to believe that the entire fund comes from outside the country. For sure, there are elements inside the country as well, to fund these people and certainly that money comes from illegal means. Be it counterfeiting, hawala, or what ever, knowingly or unknowingly sometimes we may also contribute to it, right?