A question of ethics... is it ?

This blog could have been easily mistaken for an ex-blog(connection will be clearest to the sole reader of my blog) , owing to the inaction on this web page, but this blog is alive. What has kicked it into action is a rather amusing editorial in TOI , 28th December. the article is poignantly called 'a question of ethics' Mr. Tarun Das takes great pains to take us by the finger into the world of the good heart- ed corporations, he gets visibly carried away in the process and goes to the extent of saying

"In India’s strong, noisy democracy with a very free media and about 600 million people living in poverty, corporations need to be looked up to, not looked down upon. Importantly, they need to be viewed with respect and affection, not fear and trepidation."

Now obviously implying that Indian corporations have'nt contributed to the (exsisting?) fear and trepidation in any way. People who oppose them are a bunch of psychotics who like making up imaginary enemies. This almost maternal gushing continues and Das' article takes on a didactic cum defensive note when he says ,

"Business is not only about accumulating wealth and glory. It is not about growth for the sake of size. It is about being a good corporate citizen."

Anybody reading the article could have easily imagined that either he feels un-natural love for corporations in genral and Tata's in particular(a disease lots of Indians are afflicted by) or he gets a huge discount on everything form salt to cars -otherwise to call the company's policy as comprising of strictly "No hostile takeovers.", just a few days from the death anniversary of Tapsi Malik who was found raped and murdered during protests against the takeover of land in Singur , seems a little too indulgent .

Lots of Love
Mr.Das
Hope one day i too can learn how to be a
"good corporate citizen"