M.B. Nirmal, founder of Exnora International, that ushered in a new era of cleanliness in the metropolis, has something else to cleanse too. Yes, he wants to weed out corruption from our midst. He plans to launch a foundation devoted to this mission. He released a book titled 'The Fifth Pillar', which sets the agenda for combating corruption, recently.

In his crusade Nirmal seeks the voluntary support of individuals and organisations to provide a collective effect and tackle the issue. Manpower resource management is quite crucial to handle the epidemic of corruption in all its manifestations. Participation by all will be the crucial feature of this movement. Once there is unity in voluntarism, motivation and enlightenment about the issue, nothing can fail. This foundation, besides its founder Nirmal has a noted advocate K.M. Vijayan as the President and T.K. Ramkumar as the General Secretary and Advisor to competently pilot the project.

Creating awareness is the need of the hour. We have become immune, over the years, to all the malpractices. 'Fixing' things have become a way of life. Ultimately, it is the rule of law that should prevail in order to ensure probity in public life. Gradually, there has been an erosion in culture.

The Fifth Pillar is to be launched on June 9, 2000 at Rani Seethai Hall, Chennai at 6 p.m. N. Vittal, Chief Vigilance Commissioner, will chair the launch meeting.

Santosh Kumar Choudhary
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