Preamble.
Why is it that our heroes - it's generic and includes both men and women - always end up with feet of clay? You idolise them, support them to the hilt and even pick up fights and arguments with friends if you perceive your hero is being slighted. And then comes the unbelievable blow, leaving you numb with a feeling of having been let down when the actual persona of your hero comes out in the open. It sort of devastates you because you're left wondering as to whom you should believe and come to the sad realisation that no one is really a hero.....the selfless and the ideal are few and far between or should I say non existent?
I'm in such a situation after today's revelations of what's termed the 'Panama Papers'. So, what's the Panama Papers all about?
The Panama Papers.
* It exposes a global web of corruption.
* Extensive investigations into offshore financial dealings of the rich and the famous. Incidentally,
investments made outside one's country, in this manner, are termed 'offshore dealings'.
* The International Consortium of Investigative Journalism - ICIJ - a non profit organisation
based in Washington, says that 500 Indians are linked to offshore firms.
* A team from The Indian Express undertook an 8 month long investigation into the data leak.
* The offshore entities were set up through Mossack Fonseca, a law firm based in tax haven
Panama and they're floated at a time when they weren't permitted by the RBI laws - the Indian
side of the wrongdoing!
And see the list of fallen heroes from across the globe.
* Chinese President Xi Jin Ping
* Russian President Vladimir Putin
* Footballer Lionel Messi
* Cine star Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law,
* Ms A Rai........and many, many more!
The list is explosive and a veritable shortlisting of the who's who of the world.
My take.
Amitabh Bachchan's carefully crafted image has been shattered. He has been the icon and a person, widely respected in the country, perceived for being the embodiment of all the right things in life. For all you know, he could have even been a strong contender, in 2017, to be the next President of India!
Et tu Brutus........then fall Caesar!
Tailpiece.
(a) Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, this country has given you everything viz. name, fame and iconic status and you didn't want to give back a little......in the form of taxes?
(b) The least you can do is to apologise to the nation as a beginning in undoing the wrong!
Why is it that our heroes - it's generic and includes both men and women - always end up with feet of clay? You idolise them, support them to the hilt and even pick up fights and arguments with friends if you perceive your hero is being slighted. And then comes the unbelievable blow, leaving you numb with a feeling of having been let down when the actual persona of your hero comes out in the open. It sort of devastates you because you're left wondering as to whom you should believe and come to the sad realisation that no one is really a hero.....the selfless and the ideal are few and far between or should I say non existent?
I'm in such a situation after today's revelations of what's termed the 'Panama Papers'. So, what's the Panama Papers all about?
The Panama Papers.
* It exposes a global web of corruption.
* Extensive investigations into offshore financial dealings of the rich and the famous. Incidentally,
investments made outside one's country, in this manner, are termed 'offshore dealings'.
* The International Consortium of Investigative Journalism - ICIJ - a non profit organisation
based in Washington, says that 500 Indians are linked to offshore firms.
* A team from The Indian Express undertook an 8 month long investigation into the data leak.
* The offshore entities were set up through Mossack Fonseca, a law firm based in tax haven
Panama and they're floated at a time when they weren't permitted by the RBI laws - the Indian
side of the wrongdoing!
And see the list of fallen heroes from across the globe.
* Chinese President Xi Jin Ping
* Russian President Vladimir Putin
* Footballer Lionel Messi
* Cine star Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law,
* Ms A Rai........and many, many more!
The list is explosive and a veritable shortlisting of the who's who of the world.
My take.
Amitabh Bachchan's carefully crafted image has been shattered. He has been the icon and a person, widely respected in the country, perceived for being the embodiment of all the right things in life. For all you know, he could have even been a strong contender, in 2017, to be the next President of India!
Et tu Brutus........then fall Caesar!
Tailpiece.
(a) Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, this country has given you everything viz. name, fame and iconic status and you didn't want to give back a little......in the form of taxes?
(b) The least you can do is to apologise to the nation as a beginning in undoing the wrong!
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