Manmohan-Singh, Corruption and Atanu-Dey

Atanu Dey is my favourite blogger. His skill, brilliance and anger makes a heady concoction which I drink heartily from. His logic is irrefutable. On some issues, I disagree with him. This blog is about one such issue:- "Manmohan Singh (MMS) and corruption"
MMS presides over an alliance which has bunch of corruption charges against it. MMS government handles issues of national importance like cut-motion-against-price-rise and nuclear-deal by negotiating with MPs/MLAs of questionable morality. Follow Atanu Dey for more on this issue, where he has explained it more logically, more factually and with much more flair.
I respect MMS for his guarded-talk. I believe that MMS with the help of Narasimha Rao ushered in liberalization (I give more credit to Rao though). In this post, however, I am explaining why I do not hold MMS in contempt in spite of everything said above. I do believe that all the corruption charges are true but still MMS stands redeemed in my eyes. Here's why:
Manmohan Singh(MMS) is not the source of corruption that plagues India.
Corruption happens when we pay half the ticket-price to bus conductor and ask him not to issue the ticket. Corruption happens when we happily enjoy a discount from the furniture-stores by foregoing the receipt. Corruption happens due to our unethical greed and lax system.
Unethical greed is universal to our species. MMS cannot control that. However, MMS, being the prime minister, is in a position to change the system. Atanu believes MMS is not doing anything to change the system. I am not so sure. Right To Information was introduced under MMS. That was a significant move.
Why is MMS not doing more? I believe nobody, not me, not you, not even the prime minister, can move very fast against corruption as corruption is deeply entrenched within India. Dictatorship would have helped but it has its own risks. We all have to live in this filth of corruption, engage with it where unavoidable and desist from it wherever it lies within our power. Should MMS have resigned instead of compromising with people in power? Or should MMS continue IN the system in order to change it? I am not sure which is the right option. I am not sure what I would have done if I was in MMS’ position.

Enough said.