It is wih immense sadness that I write this.....The fall of the IT giant...Yes! I am indeed talking about 'Satyam'....Satyam meaning 'truth' in sanskrit...Ironical isnt it??? Lot of people have written already about the technical aspects of the downfall or fraud that has brought Satyam crashing down... But what I am thinking of is about Ramalinga Raju...The man behind the drama...Was he alone in this mess...can a fraud of this magnitude be committed by a single man....Is he smart enough or crooked enough to carry off such a game for so long a period without anyone in the organisation coming to know of it..........I really doubt it and I do strongly feel he was not alone in this game of lies.........
But I must admit, I do feel strongly for a man who till yesterday was at the pinnacle of glory but today he is a fallen bird, with wings that may never again gain the strength to fly that high again... A man who till yesterday was called the Entrepreneur of the year is today called the "Fraudster"...That is life...All of us have to go through that phase...although in our own ways......
I have a feeling Mr.Raju is a happy man today...I like to imagine that after many many years of sleepless nights he must have slept last night rather peacefully. That is the power of truth...it can relieve you from all kinds of chains and bondages....Only a true man is a free man...I believe thats exactly what Mr.Raju wanted to achieve...freedom...freedom from the falsehoods, lies that he has been telling the world for the last several years...freedom to look at himself in the mirror and say.."hey you! You are not a liar anymore"...I think Mr.Raju has achieved that with his resignation letter. This whole episode is indeed a huge setback for our country and various people associated with Satyam including the employees and shareholders and law must take its own course in dealing with all the persons responsible. But I must say that in my opinion Mr.Raju has seen the worst, for this is probably the greatest fall of his life..and I am sure now he is in a position to clear his conscience of all the past burdens and lead a life where he can chose to be honest...and also move on in his life..
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