Your Friendly Philosopher & Guide

I don’t know how and why the founder of Satyam Computers - Ramalinga Raju got into this fraudulent activity. But then if I were him - I would have not minded to do the same, and when caught would have flown to Dubai and settled. And I think most would agree with me. The only difference between Raju and other businessmen is – Raju got caught, and others haven’t. If you apply simple mathematic calculation – you can understand that there cannot be any big fortune with out a bigger crime behind it.

Well for all of us the happy news is that we have got someone BIG at whom we can raise our fingers. But who in India is happy to pay their tax? Given a choice I will never pay mine at least. And I know so many businessmen who do so many things to save their taxes. It is simple – when we surely know that our leaders and the people sitting inside the parliament are corrupt, how can the people be uncorrupt?

I don’t know what my clients learn from me, but then I learn a lot from my clients. Recently someone visited me, who knew someone who has 2000 crore liquid cash. And logically it is all black money. And he also told me the ministers and banks involved in converting that black money into white money overnight. The commission for conversion is 20 per cent! Who keeps a tab on it?

I met a policeman recently who was on abstinence for Lord Ayyappa and I happen to meet him in one of our bhajans. Out of curiosity I asked him about his work, and he said he is in the liquor department, and his job is to check for furious liquors. He was honest with me. He told me that there are 4 people in his team. And each liquor shop pays them Rs 1000 per month – to ignore whatever happens there. Rs 1000 seemed less. But later with a naughty smile in his eyes – he said there are 80 liquor shops under our control! So what do they ignore? 1) they ignore spurious liquor 2) they ignore Pondicherry stuff (tax free) being sold in Chennai 3) they ignore liquor being sold at more than the MRP price! And he is just a constable!

Someone told me that there is Rs 1, 25,000 crores Indian money in the Swiss Bank - which if used correctly can provide free education for every childr till they complete their degree! Now who will open an account in Swiss Bank? A middle class job goer? A rickshaw puller? A politician? Or a businessman?

And the saddest part is politicians like Bal Thackery, L K Advani, and Narendra Modi who are responsible for ‘killing’ people in the name of religion enjoy power and respect. And people like Ramalinga Raju are going to get punished.