Everyone in the world knows Edward Snowden, everyone in India now knows Charudutt Deshpande. The U S government is hunting for the former; Tata Steel is alleged to have harassed the latter to death. Is there a parallel between the two?
Snowden threw open the modus operandi of American National Security Agency to the world at large. The government is peeved. The most charitable reason for NSA's snooping is to deter terrorist activity. The likes of Salman Khurshid may shamelessly twist facts and justify NSA's activity as just a "pattern analysis". We can expect the U S government to adequately reward Khurshid, but not his country. This is not diplomacy, but craven behaviour as pointed out by Brinda Karat. If the American government is convinced about legitimacy of NSA's activity, it would not be desperately looking for Snowden. The government seems to be tensely awaiting the 'gotcha' moment.
What about Tata Steel? It is alleged that ever since Forbes India magazine published an article on the company's present predicament Tata Steel has been paranoid on who had 'leaked' corporate information to the magazine. (I had gone through the article but was not sensitive enough to spot any unsavoury information.) The company allegedly found the Chief of Corporate Communications and PR, Charudutt Deshpande 'responsible' for outing the information. According to his friends, Deshpande was a responsible professional who would not 'betray' his company. Deshpande reportedly became very despondent over the company's alleged snooping on him even after his resignation. Did he end his life because of Tata Steel's strong-arm methods?
Snowden threw open the modus operandi of American National Security Agency to the world at large. The government is peeved. The most charitable reason for NSA's snooping is to deter terrorist activity. The likes of Salman Khurshid may shamelessly twist facts and justify NSA's activity as just a "pattern analysis". We can expect the U S government to adequately reward Khurshid, but not his country. This is not diplomacy, but craven behaviour as pointed out by Brinda Karat. If the American government is convinced about legitimacy of NSA's activity, it would not be desperately looking for Snowden. The government seems to be tensely awaiting the 'gotcha' moment.
What about Tata Steel? It is alleged that ever since Forbes India magazine published an article on the company's present predicament Tata Steel has been paranoid on who had 'leaked' corporate information to the magazine. (I had gone through the article but was not sensitive enough to spot any unsavoury information.) The company allegedly found the Chief of Corporate Communications and PR, Charudutt Deshpande 'responsible' for outing the information. According to his friends, Deshpande was a responsible professional who would not 'betray' his company. Deshpande reportedly became very despondent over the company's alleged snooping on him even after his resignation. Did he end his life because of Tata Steel's strong-arm methods?
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