Tuesday 19 November 2013

Why not Bharat Ratna to Mukesh Ambani?

           Sachin Tendulkar became the first sports person to be conferred Bharat Ratna,India's highest civilian honour. The entire media in India together celebrated the occasion. " You are an emotion that unite 121 crore  people. 121 crore thanks to you Sachin." Malayala Manorama wrote in its front page editorial. It is 121 crore minus 2. Justice Markandeya Khatju opposed the move when Sachin's name was first proposed for Bharat Ratna."By conferring Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar you are belittling that honour", said Justice Khatju..I am of the opinion of Honourable Justice Khatju.

            As a balancing act the Government honoured Dr.CNR Rao, a scientist of international renown also with Bharat Ratna. The next day the upright and audacious scientist called the givers of the award "idiots". Expressing the dissatisfaction in the scientific community over inadequate funding of research projects, Dr.Rao called politicians "idiots" for giving them so little. Kudos to you sir.

             Demands are coming from different quarters for Bharat Ratna for their leaders and mentors. JDU is batting for Dhyan Chand, BJP for Vajpai.
           
              Remember Jayaprakash Narayan who refused Bharat Ratna in 1977. Injustice was done to him by conferring him the honour posthumously.

               The Padma awrds are for satisfying the stooges and cronies of the ruling party and its allies. Bharat Ratna is also going that way if  you look at the list of the awardees.

               No wonder if our rulers honour Mukesh Ambani with Bharat Ratna. "Indian banks wrote off loans worth Rs.100000/ crore during the last 13 years. 'Mr KC Chakraborthy, Deputy Governor of RBI said on 18th November in Mumbai. Of this 95% are of the corporates. Why not Bharat Ratna to their representative?

Post Script: If you and I borrow Rs.50000/ from a Bank, have no means to repay and have no security to be attached, we will definitely go behind bars. The Banks,the Governments or the Courts will never touch the corporate crooks. I say this from my thirty six years experience in the Banking Industry.


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