Pol IT icking- Def: When a politician fights with an IT company founder. Who is King?
A well known politician and a well known IT company's founder, have shouldered arms. The opening salvos were accusations laid at the latter's doorstep insinuating inaction on certain issues. The latter's response, resignation tendered.The result: Egg on everyone's face. Shame for every Indian.
The background is the contentious issue of an international airport for Bangalore. Every Bangalorean worth his salt, knows for how long the bickering by politicians over the issue of the location of Bangalore's new international airport went on. How politicians surely bought land areas near possible locations, in a bid to make a killing when it finally came up. But how definite was the possibilty of the airport coming up there? Politicians lobbied heavily among themselves to ensure the result.
Finally the location was decided. Progress was slow no doubt. We can depend upon a politician's statement for that. ".... when I stepped down from Prime Ministership..." Do we sense a bit of anger in that phrase? The founder of a leading IT company took the reins of the conglomerate of entities forming the organisation entrusted with setting it going.
Cut to the present:
The leading IT company is lambasted for not 'reserving' jobs for local candidates.
The leading IT company is lambasted for 'reserving' land for its use.
The leading IT company's founder is personally attacked through the media.
If we reserve political jobs for only honest, qualified people, maybe we can develop a better political system?
Have we questioned the land bought by large hotels, restaurant chains in prime areas? How did they acquire it? Was there any political influence in that?
IT companies surely need to plan their development. They need to plan, acquire land, draw building plans, and then only build. They expand to satisfy customer demands. Can they develop like politicians do?
Politicial plan for growth:- Wake up one day, chop a tree, construct a building in its place, decide building is unviable, go back to sleep.
Can any business do that?
The pressure must have been tremendous on the IT company founder, but has he done the right thing by resigning? He could have easily issued a rebuttal like his company did. Was it done as anyway he's retiring from a long and illustrious career next year and this would have been an unnecessary burden for him?
The jury is still out.
The true test of leaders is in tough times, and these are tough times for Bangalore, Karnataka, India and its people.
-Sunil
posted by Sunil Pichamuthu @ 2:21 AM
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