On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM, harish Puri <harishp
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> From: harish Puri <harishp...@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Vikram - Betal, Manmohan - Raja & Co
> To: rick...@rediffmail.com
> Thanks for the good story and its logic.
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:00 AM, RANVEER SEHGAL <rick...@rediffmail.com>wrote:
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>> Subject: FW: Vikram - Betal, Manmohan - Raja & Co
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>> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:45:38 -0700
>> From: s seth
>> Subject: Vikram - Betal, Manmohan - Raja & Co
>> Once there lived an old and pious man, renowned for his honesty.
>> One day his neighbor, a rich merchant comes to him with a request. The
>> merchant was leaving on a voyage and wants the old man to safeguard his
>> wealth, until his return. The old man agrees and with God as witness promises
>> to protect and safeguard the merchant’s wealth.
>> The old man then entrusts the safe keep of the merchant’s wealth to his
>> son, from whom he takes an oath of propriety and honesty. Slowly the son
>> starts dipping into the merchants wealth, people notice this and warn the
>> old man of the son’s misdeeds. The old man calls his son asks him to
>> explain, he also reminds him of his oath on following the right path. The
>> son rubbishes the accusations as rumors and the idle gossip of jealous
>> people, who could bear to see his prosperity. The old man accepts the son’s
>> explanation and things go on as before.
>> The merchant returns and demands his wealth. The old man calls his son,
>> who hands over a quarter of the merchant’s wealth saying that is all there
>> was. The merchant realizing that he has been cheated approaches the King.
>> The King listens to the merchant’s complaint and summons the old man. The
>> old man comes to the court with his son and handing him over to the King
>> says “your majesty, the merchant is right. My son has confessed to the
>> crime. Please punish him.”
>> The king has the son flogged and imprisoned. He then praises the old mans
>> honesty and dismisses the case. But the merchant demands punishment for the
>> old man saying, “I have still not received justice. I had entrusted my
>> wealth to the old man which he swore by God to safeguard. The old man’s
>> integrity is intact, but what of me, I have been robbed of my life’s
>> savings, and made a pauper. It was the old man’s decision to entrust my
>> wealth the son for safe keeping. As far as I am concerned the old man is the
>> culprit, and should be punished.
>> The king is astounded by this demand. The old man, was neither a party to
>> the theft nor did he benefit from it. In fact, he had sent his son to jail.
>> Yet, the merchant was asking for the old man’s punishment.
>> The Betal asks Vikramaditya, “What should be the Kings decision.”
>> Vikramaditya’s replies, “Though the old man is innocent of the actual
>> theft, he is guilty of dereliction of duty. The son’s crime was a straight
>> forward one, the old man’s was a graver crime. He did nothing to protect the
>> merchant’s wealth. Far from being vigilant he failed to take action even
>> when he was warned of his son’s misdeeds. Because of his laxity the merchant
>> is condemned to a life of penury. He should be punished.”
>> India 2010, Dr. Manmohan Singh, esteemed economist, former Governor of
>> RBI, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, former Finance Minister, a man
>> whose personal ethics and integrity are unblemished, takes oath to protect
>> and safeguard the Nation and its assets. He appoints Raja, as his Cabinet
>> Minister for IT & Telecom.
>> Unlike the story, this heist of a precious national asset is carried out
>> in full view of Dr. Manmohan Singh and his cabinet colleagues. Newspapers
>> across the country cry out at this outrage in front page headlines.
>> The Indian Constitution grants the Prime Minister absolute power in
>> running the country. He is the head of the Government and the Union Cabinet
>> functions at his pleasure. As per the Transaction of Business Rules the
>> Prime Minister has the unrestricted right to demand and get any file, any
>> record from any Ministry. Dr. Man Mohan Singh could have at any time stopped
>> this heist of a National asset, yet he chose to remain silent. The
>> Minister’s failure to exercise his constitutional rights has caused
>> irreparable loss to the Nation.
>> Dr. Singh did not profit personally from Raja’s shenigans, but his failure
>> to act, to honor the oath of office, to protect and safeguard the nation and
>> its wealth is unforgivable. Like the old man, he has sacked Raja from his
>> ministerial berth, but does his culpability end there.
>> The people of India had entrusted their faith and the future of the Nation
>> in Dr. Manmohan Singh, believing him to be a man of integrity and honesty,
>> and not to Raja. Does dismissing Raja absolve Dr. Singh or like the old man
>> is he guilty of dereliction of duty and failure to safeguard the Nation and
>> its citizens. Does he deserve punishment?
>> It is for the Indian citizen to decide.****
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> Harish K. Puri
> Retired Professor, B R Ambedkar Chair,
> Department of Political Science,
> Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
> 351- E, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Pakhowal Road,
> Ludhiana, Punjab, India. -141013
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> --
> Harish K. Puri
> Retired Professor, B R Ambedkar Chair,
> Department of Political Science,
> Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
> 351- E, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Pakhowal Road,
> Ludhiana, Punjab, India. -141013
> Landline: 0161 2561351
> Mobile: 9888483642
Dr. G S Singh
Hon. Professor Guru Nanak Dev University
