Friday, May 24, 2013

From obscurity to instant fame(?).

Till yesterday no one knew as to who Gurunath Meiyappan was. But thanks to the media blitzkrieg over the past 24 hours, we've come to know almost everything about him which are:-

      (a) he's the son-in-law of N Srinivasan, the chairman of the Board of Control of Cricket in India(BCCI).
      (b) he owns the Chennai Super Kings, one of the teams that plays in the glamorous IPL tournament.
      (c) he's friendly with Vindoo Dara Singh, currently in police custody, in connection with the probe on
           spot fixing of matches.
      (d) he's in Kodaikanal in the summer retreat of his father-in-law.
      (e) he'd taken a chartered flight to Bombay on the summons of the police for interrogation.

Does a crook need this much of media coverage, though I'm sure there are the pros and cons to it. The main advantage that I can think of is the 'heat' that's put on the so called 'VVIPs' so that there's less chances of them escaping the law. Otherwise power, pelf and influence are shamelessly used to extricate themselves from the mess that they've got into. The disadvantage could be that such stories become the prime movers for the crooks-in-the making!

The rot of corruption is systemic in our country. And we don't seem to have the stomach to catch the bull by its horns. Otherwise, how can these questions be answered?

        (a) How does the chairman of the game's apex body own a team that's playing a league which he's
             overseeing?
        (b) Isn't the money that he's making through his other businesses enough for him?
        (c) Is it because of the involvement of his son-in-law that had prevented him and the BCCI from taking
             stringent action in the wrong doings reported earlier?
        (d) And finally, is there anyone clean at all, in this murky game of cricket in our country?


Tailpiece.

It's my fond hope that the complete, sordid saga is exposed and the corrupt brought to book at the earliest. Please let me enjoy a decent game of cricket without the suspicion that a ball is being bowled or a run is being taken at the behest of shady guys from the underworld!

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