God Arises
The Life We Seek
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rectitude, posters in railway stations all over the
country proclaim that “Ticketless Travel is a Social
Evil”. There is a certain naive enthusiasm about
railway authorities who hope to reverse their heavy
losses through a poster campaign of this type, for
posters really do nothing to prevent ticketless
travel. If there is to be an end to such dishonesty,
the impetus has to come from the public itself.
Merely labelling ticketless travel a “social evil” will
not set in motion any great measure of reform.
Similar campaigns in the news media tell us that
“Crime Does Not Pay.” Yet crime figures all over
the world continue their upward spiral. Clearly,
worldly punishment is not enough to wean people
away from criminal habits. Again, with great
naivete, the walls of government buildings are
pasted all over with posters which are meant to
impress upon government employees the evils of
corruption. “To Bribe and to Take Bribes is an Evil”,
they preach in a variety of languages. But inside the
very walls proclaiming this message, bribery
continues unabated. One is forced to the conclusion
that government propaganda is in no way effective.
Corruption continues to spread even as more and
more posters are stuck on the walls. In railway
