Comments on: The Truth About Satyam

By: prateeksha

prateeksha — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:48:10 +0000

Like a wise man said:

“To be a saint is the exception; to be upright is the rule. Err, falter, sin, but be upright. To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. Sin is a gravitation.”
(Victor Hugo)

By: billbub

billbub — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:46:10 +0000

We should get Rajesh Jain to testify.
All the companies that has been acquired by Satyam needs to be probed (there is still a lot more to come out of this company)

By: soumen.chakrabarti

soumen.chakrabarti — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:49:49 +0000

The tired edict of only the spotlessly innocent casting the first stone is trotted out often enough, but just because we have permanently given up on politicians is no reason to give up on other cadres. Also, you are on thin ice here: What’s next? Who’s to say that, if their spouses and kids were maimed and killed by war, they would not turn into terrorists? The capability of becoming a terrorist might be as universal and uniformly distributed as the capability for unethical corporate behavior, given suitable breeding grounds and opportunity. And why bother with terrorists? If you were in the position of an Indian politician, would you be immune to the corrupting influence that has brought them down? You realize this line of sympathy can only end in complete blog-jam.

By: plodder

plodder — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:21:32 +0000

Welcome back.
The human aspect of this sorry episode has been very nicely articulated. You could not have expressed my own thoughts better. Raju obviously embodied multiple personalities, some good and others not. This was the topic of a recent article that appeared in the Wall street Journal – ‘Friends Try to Reconcile 2 Sides of Indian Executive’
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123134866776561271.html

I suppose it is not relevant at this juncture but there is an interesting lecture of his on using technology and best management practices to provide quality social services in rural areas. This was as part of the Google Techtalk series.

By: Akshita

Akshita — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:50:36 +0000

I agree that Mr.Raju’s actions are not much different from those of politicians and that it is human to err. But I hope you’re not suggesting that Mr.Raju should go free without punishment, if he is guilty. Mainly because punishments are not meant to make someone pay for what he/she has done. They are to prevent the same crimes from being committed in future.

By: jackd

jackd — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:38:06 +0000

Good points.

By: vishu

vishu — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:16:15 +0000

There cannot be any sympathy for Raju. Politicians are expected to be corrupt in India but there was and is a very different expectation from the likes of Raju and Murthy’s of India.
Let the details come out, but the damage has been done. He has to punished if found guilty.

Vishal

By: BShantanu

BShantanu — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:29:32 +0000

Brilliant post Atanu…

I am going to ask everyone who has asked me my views on this to read your post…

Thanks for saving me the time!
Shantanu