Friday, January 14, 2011

Escaping Elites

Narayana Murthy has lamented in an interview to Times of India on the 13th Jan 2011( http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Elite-white-collar-criminals-must-get-heavy-punishment-Murthy/articleshow/7267438.cms) that the elite  escape punishment though they commit huge crimes and see it as "problem with this society", and has called for speedier justice.

Added to the slow process is the god given gift of 'forgetfulness'- our people tend to forget anything if another headline comes into focus!

More than the white collar crimes, the rich and affluent drag the scales of justice to the extremes. Immediately rushing to our mind are many cases such as :
  • Scions of  rich families, mowing down the poor sleeping on the pavements, while driving in an inebriated state !
  • Many so called sadhus, accused of unholy behaviors, not befitting their chosen roles, enjoying all comforts in first class jails , while the case drags on. Most of these sadhus have bank accounts which are by no means 'சாது' . The transactions are very live, kicking and active. 
  • We also hear of tycoons in the IT industry, roped in for suspected misappropriations of thousands of crores, cooling at cozy comforts of home, while not even the charges have been finalized
  • There was another news item on the same day, where it was alleged that a police station was reluctant to accept complaint !
One cannot but avoid comparing the above to one of our learned Ministers commenting on the same day that " corruption is ubiquitously spread in country and is deep rooted in the society"  .

Well said, Murthy! But, who is listening ?

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