And now it's the Adarsh Housing Society Scam!

As more murky details come out regarding the Adarsh Housing Society of Colaba, Bombay it becomes amply clear that senior officers of the Army and the Navy had colluded with their civilian counterparts to be allotted flats at the best known address in that city. What makes it even more shameful is that the society was formed to provide succour to the Kargil war widows.

Did these guys think that an unholy arrangement like this would never come into the public domain, what with the prying eyes of investigative journalism ever on the lookout for similar happenings? If the answer is on the affirmative, then, I’ve a poor opinion of their intellect to begin with. And in the aftermath of the media expose, the reactions and the cover ups provided by these worthies, even the offer of surrendering their flats, sound pathetically appalling.

Their ‘ignorance’ about the antecedents of the Housing Society and not being aware that the houses were meant for the Kargil war widows sounded comical if not outrageous! And for once, let me assume that the poor guys were led to invest their money into the scheme without being familiar with the facts and then, I involuntarily shudder because these guys headed great institutions and had taken momentous decisions. Is there, then, a requirement to revisit some of their decisions that might have been taken, perhaps in ignorance, as they’ve a propensity to do so?

Come on, the general public too have adequate brains to differentiate a genuine blunder from a dubious error!

Years back, Admiral Jeremy Boorda, the CNO of the US Navy had shot himself as it came to be known that he was wearing a ribbon on his chest of uniform which he was not entitled to. Though one’s not propagating something drastically similar, for heaven’s sake have the courage to acknowledge your wrongdoing and consequently, face the consequences.