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 the, 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 was
correct. 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 bureaucra ts 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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