Tackling corruption

      Every day without fail, on opening any daily newspaper, one comes across news about corruption, in various forms and of varying amounts and types, happening all over the country. We are prone to corruption at all levels. It has become an epidemic, infecting the character of a large number of our people, in various strata of service. It is present wherever there is the potential to get any benefit or permission , which should normally be given routinely, or may need some official's permission or approval.
     Unfortunately , we seem to be trying to tackle the problem in a wrong manner, going from bottom up, rather than from top down, to be really effective . But who will bell the 'top cats'? They are the high-profile wheelers and dealers, the 'Demoncratic (not Democratic) Bangladesh Tiger', who are usually sitting in their proverbial ivory towers. They are cleverer than any four-legged variety of cats and are real cunning.
      We are feebly trying to shake this firm and well-rooted mature 'tree of corruption' at ground level. Hence only dried and dead leaves sometimes fall. The big juicy fruits are all there on top,ripening and getting tastier, piling on the goodies. Palm greasing , influence peddling or just expediting routine  matters are the delayed, wherever there is a small of potential possibility for 'goodies'. Things are then done when lubricated; otherwise, it is left to idle and gather dust in the vast labyrinth of layered bureaucracy. Here occurs many a slip between the proverbial cup and the lips. These slips are the potential sources of 'goodies' for the opportunistic 'tip takers.' Small wonder then, that there is no end to corruption since while we make much publicised hue and cry about 'small fries' getting nabbed the 'whales of tip takers' carry on ruling the waves in the large' sea of corruption' that surrounds Bangladesh.