Why this trial by Media on Justice KGB?

The latest whipping boy of the mainstream media is Justice K.G.Balakrishnan.They are projecting him as the icon of corruption in Judiciary.No doubt,there are corrupt Judicial officials in judiciary.A few have come under public scrutiny,but quiet a few have managed to escape the public notice.
But before crucifying a person,whose public conduct has so far been non controversial,should not somebody ask what are the charges against KGB?Nobody seems to have asked that question and hence no answer also has come.The truth is that there is no allegation against KGB as of now. Yes,there are allegations against his son in laws and one of his brothers.They seem to have amassed wealth beyond their declared sources of income.The mainstream media alleges that they acquired this wealth when KGB was the Chief Justice.It resembles the lamb and wolf story of Aessop Tales...If not you,it is your father in law,if not you it is your brother!!!

If the son in laws or brother of KGB has acquired wealth beyond their declared sources of income,let a free and fair investigation take place against them.KGB's son in laws were not  in public service or had anything to do with Government Service.His brother was a Government pleader and hence in government service,in a manner of speaking.There are mechanisms to enquire on both the type of people.Our income tax sleuths are good at their job provided there are no political interference,so is CBI,so is the vigilance.Let them do their jobs and if the threads ultimately lead to KGB or for that matter anywhere else,so be it,let them undergo the punishment at the long arms of Law.

Like any other human being,Human Rights Commission Chairman also has his right to be granted the status of not guilty until he is declared guilty.Media cannot throw innuendo's against a person against whom no concrete allegation is there.If his sons in laws or brother has committed a crime ,merely because he was holding a high position,how can he be held responsible?

Remember the ISRO Espionage case which the media celebrated way back in 80s?(or was it 90s?).There were some loose talk in Trivandrum linking certain Scientists in ISRO,Trivandrum and a Maldivian lady which a "smart" Police officer made the subject of enquiry.Media ever hungry for sensation celebrated it by making a script which can easily qualify for a Hollywood,Bollywood or Kollywood blockbuster!!!! Finally what happened?Nothing.There was no concrete evidence against the scientists.All that could be achieved was that their lives were ruined.The investigations could not prove anything against them.But the social stigma remains.Their respectability in society is gone.All for the fertile imagination of some media men.

Let us not fall into the traps of media men and crucify the innocents.Todays world,truth once burried,hardly surfaces again.

Cricketing Icons Under Auctioner' Hammer

We have witnessed the sight of many Cricketing Icons being placed on auction for IPL.The highest bidder can take a player to his or her team for one season of IPL.The whole world seems to be rejoicing.The players of course have reason to be happy.They are making a lot of hay when the sun is shining....ie when they have bidders who are willing to bid for them.People sympathise with Sourav Ganguly and Brian Lara for whom no bidder bothered.Harsh reality of the market economy, your past doesnot matter,only your current utility matters
But i see a silver lining in the otherwise cloudy scenario.Our own great Sachin Tendulkar who refused to come under the auctioners hammer,holding his dignity up,declaring to the world that he cannot be baught or sold.A counter arguement can be raised that he has plenty of wealth and hence he can be indiferent to the mony which is the prime motivation of IPL.This arguement has no substence,since the others who gladly came under the auctioners hammer were by no strech of imagination lacking in financial resource,match fee,modelling income and even remuneration for attending parties thrown by the fithy rich and enormously snobbish.
Issue that I want to raise is that of the self respect of the players who allow themselves to be bought and sold.They remind me of slaves who were bought and sold in olden days at the slave bazars when slavary was legal in the world.A harsh comparison will be to that of women in the oldest profession who are willing to share the bed with whoever is willing to pay the right price.Their price vary according to their skill,they also face "no bidders syndrome"like Sourav Da and Lara at the end of their career.
I have no confution about the very sound principle that sportsmen(including sportswomen)are the wealth of the universe and as humen beings,they also need to have acess to good things in life.Ther has to be mechanisms to suppotr,encouage and motivate them.My only objection is in making them commodities and subjecting them to humiliation by placing them under the auctioners hammer and other still worse similies