Julian Asange- the name is familiar to almost everyone now and so is the name WIKI LEAKS. The founder of wiki leaks is Julian Asange. He has been in the news since wiki leaks started publishing inside stories of governments across the world. He is not only in the news , he is also on the run for getting sentenced.
Doesn't this resemble our India's Tehelka? Tehelka brought out a huge storm in India a few years back, we learnt how the editor in chief had to face numerous odds because he spoke the truth about the politicians and their numerous scams in our country.
So think now, if Wiki leaks starts publishing details and scams of our country god knows how many more scams are going to come out. India is already reeling with controversies and scams, with wiki leaks our investigation depts will have a helluva task on their heads and we will find regular uproars in the parliament and in the VidhanSabhas. We might also see a few fights in these places of power which we saw a few years ago in UP.It will be a great pandemonium show from India.
I was thinking if really such a day arises when we wake up in the morning , the newspaper man drops in the paper and we find the headlines: WIKI LEAKS DOES IT AGAIN: New scam unearthed in India. We will find not only newspapers bearing the same headlines but all news channels with the same breaking news. The named ones will have their own ways of defending or running for cover. The parliament will have no more topics to discuss, the opponent political parties will again ask for resignation of the PM as usual.
The government in power will issue a notification that it has asked CBI to look into the matter and CBI who already has its hands full will have one more to pursue which will result in one more file in the Indian Courts where there are already a plenty lying for a final judgement. As of Dec 2011 there are 3.2 crore pending cases in the Indian Courts.
In August last year wiki leaks reported a few names of black money holders in the country who have stacked their money in a German bank. So think if wiki leaks leaks out the whole list there will be countless names running for cover. Will it increase the load on our income tax officials, every one or the other day there will be raids in one or the other house. It would be a countless list of politicians, businessmen and who not.
Now think if Julian Asange comes to India !!! will he really dare to come here looking into the backgrounds of many of our politicians. Would he like to risk his life, wont he feel safe in Ecuador where he has got shelter now.
Talking about what could happen if wiki leaks was in India full fledged, there are other concerns too. Concerns of the safety of the country as there would be many such leaks which are not supposed to come out in public. Every country should have something which should remain undercover else it might cause security concerns for the country.
Bringing out details of corruption and inefficiency is good , it makes people aware of whats happening in the country with the tax payers money but secrecy should be maintained too in scenarios which could cause harm to the security of a country. Wiki leaks runs basically on donations and on information from whistle blowers thereby making it a powerful organization with lots of information. To quote a famous dialogue from the movie SPIDERMAN : With greater power comes greater responsibilities, aptly fits the purpose. Julian Asange can be a friend to many countries too where he has become a FOE for many now.
Doesn't this resemble our India's Tehelka? Tehelka brought out a huge storm in India a few years back, we learnt how the editor in chief had to face numerous odds because he spoke the truth about the politicians and their numerous scams in our country.
So think now, if Wiki leaks starts publishing details and scams of our country god knows how many more scams are going to come out. India is already reeling with controversies and scams, with wiki leaks our investigation depts will have a helluva task on their heads and we will find regular uproars in the parliament and in the VidhanSabhas. We might also see a few fights in these places of power which we saw a few years ago in UP.It will be a great pandemonium show from India.
I was thinking if really such a day arises when we wake up in the morning , the newspaper man drops in the paper and we find the headlines: WIKI LEAKS DOES IT AGAIN: New scam unearthed in India. We will find not only newspapers bearing the same headlines but all news channels with the same breaking news. The named ones will have their own ways of defending or running for cover. The parliament will have no more topics to discuss, the opponent political parties will again ask for resignation of the PM as usual.
The government in power will issue a notification that it has asked CBI to look into the matter and CBI who already has its hands full will have one more to pursue which will result in one more file in the Indian Courts where there are already a plenty lying for a final judgement. As of Dec 2011 there are 3.2 crore pending cases in the Indian Courts.
In August last year wiki leaks reported a few names of black money holders in the country who have stacked their money in a German bank. So think if wiki leaks leaks out the whole list there will be countless names running for cover. Will it increase the load on our income tax officials, every one or the other day there will be raids in one or the other house. It would be a countless list of politicians, businessmen and who not.
Now think if Julian Asange comes to India !!! will he really dare to come here looking into the backgrounds of many of our politicians. Would he like to risk his life, wont he feel safe in Ecuador where he has got shelter now.
Talking about what could happen if wiki leaks was in India full fledged, there are other concerns too. Concerns of the safety of the country as there would be many such leaks which are not supposed to come out in public. Every country should have something which should remain undercover else it might cause security concerns for the country.
Bringing out details of corruption and inefficiency is good , it makes people aware of whats happening in the country with the tax payers money but secrecy should be maintained too in scenarios which could cause harm to the security of a country. Wiki leaks runs basically on donations and on information from whistle blowers thereby making it a powerful organization with lots of information. To quote a famous dialogue from the movie SPIDERMAN : With greater power comes greater responsibilities, aptly fits the purpose. Julian Asange can be a friend to many countries too where he has become a FOE for many now.
