Recession is a pain.It surpasses the limit of expression. It is so intense ,that words belie.It is so excruciating ,that feelings get benumbed. It is so horrible, that apprehension surmounts.
There seems to be a void everywhere, a gloom extempore, and a gruelling confirmation all around.
It has hit hard on all classes of society.The rich ,most surprising, are most affected, The average are in deep trouble. The wage earner has been hit hard on the face.It has deepened and made a dent so hollow in the settings of many a sound chequered person. The pull up is extremely chaotic and gristling.
Now , coming to the other part of the tear glistening depiction ,we find an anger sparkling intervention, which explode the normal caricature. It is the Raju saga in India , Madoff and Stanford in U.S.The three are contemporary frauds, colliding and conniving egos, and immersed in slander, deciet and misappropriation .They have squandered millions in easy swipes. They have robbed the common man of his hard earned money. They have played deftly on his ignorance. They lived in Palaltial bungalows, had heir own jets, contributed in tonnes to philanthropic causes, ran trusts, built educational edifices, opened up hospitals for the poor.They projected themselves as the saviour of the poor, and carefully built an image of a prudent, sagaciuos,dependable expert. The world believed them, the people trusted them and their employees worshipped them. Raju, Madoff and Stanford committed perfidy in the same manner, got trapped in the same way, and are behind the bars in the same fashion, except Stanford.
They climbed high. They rose quickly. They flew with borrowed feathers in great haste. Up , Up, up, they soar steep into the skies. Their leap was blindening. When we see a powerful lightening , our eyesight is lost, so we slipped to perceive their shortcomings, their flaws, their cheat and their disguise.We lost track. They exploited the fluid temptations and went up in excellence, in lucrative income and in status.
Every thing has to come to an end.The three princes have to wind up their show of grandeur,as they fell in an ambush ,laid by their coterie They were diligent in rise and tactful in fall.Raju was held by his shareholders, Madoff was pulled by his sleeve and Stanford was poked by his depositors. Out came the truth.
The charming princes ,who wallowed in the lap of luxury ,have landed up in a cell. They, who were in absolute comfort, are now spending time in the illventillated smoky corner.They, who flew so steep, have fallen flat.
Memories are short.Things transform so quick. It is hardly believable.Yet it has happened.
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