MOST of us are aware about the famous dictum that say's "Power corrupts man; absolute power corrupts absolutely." Initially, most people think that they will work for the public good if they have political, economic, administrative or such other kind of power. However they forget a fact that man's weakness for seeking mundane power, by its very nature, results in blurring his judgment of what is good and what is bad or what is fair and what is foul. This weakness or loss of proper judgment results in vitiating his intentions. It allows corruptive tendencies to enter his mind or to manifest. It changes his focus and modus operandi and makes him seek more and more power even by dishonest means. He meets only the VIPs or VVIPs and this further inflates his ego which had already become puffed up by the pressure of power. He is now surrounded generally by sycophants who expect to win favours by praising him for whatever he does —good or bad. This constant praise further inflates his false ego and alienates him from his