I like Ilayaraja's music and compositions like "How
to name it ?", etc. Not all his songs are good and
many are memorable and will stand the test of time.
I wanted to write a long letter to him about his
financial mis-management and debts. One of my friend
maintains Tamil Mayyam website for Father Casper Raj
and he told me a lot about Ilayaraja.
Raja was continiously in debt for many years due to
the ostentanious life style of his family, massive
donations to temples ,etc. A gyani should be free from
hypocrisy, false prestige and debts. Alas, he is as
unwise as any normal cinemawallah. He could have sold
all his assets and cleared his debts and lived in
a flat, use a auto and still enjoy secure and decent
life. Should have controlled his family's spending
habits. I know an officer of his bank who told me
about Mrs.Raaja beging him to hold cheques to TNEB
bills and about bills owed to Nalli silks, etc.
He is under maaya even though he belives he is simple
and pious and humble. (he is a Taurus : 3rd May).
He fits my favourite kural : "Odiyum unarndum
pirarkkuraithum, thaan adangaa pedaiyin pedai ill."
suits many of us. And he abandoned Father Raj and
Tamil Mayyam with debts of Rs.60 lacs after
Thiruvasagam release. A genius and a vain fool, he is.
Yet i admire him for his music....
You had compared Malaysia's prosperity with India's
poverty. Yes, but in 1950, Malaysia, Singapore,
Taiwan, S.Korea,and Japan were much worser off than
India, due to devastation in World War 2. But after
independence, they did not have the benefit of
Nehruvian Socialism as India had, but followed
free market capitalism. Their economiies boomed and
poverty was reduced greatly while we did the opposite
and perpetuated poverty and hunger. more about this
later...
Economics is the basic issue as, everyone of us are
affected due to shrinking income, lack of cash and
decent livelihoods. And i apprecite your deep anguish
about the plight of the poor and helpless. the this
poverty and corruption are only symptoms and we have
to understand the casues. the kural "noi naadi, noi
mudal naadi..." can be invoke here. defict financing,
high tax regime, license, permit raj can only increase
poverty and corruption. and even worse is the
degradation of our moral and ethics due to ill effects
of socialism. Work ethics has eroded, esp in the
organised (and govt) sector, while oc mentality has
been perpetuated thru freebies. For e.g the govt loose
Rs.200 per cylinder of LPG gas, while consumers like
you and I can easily bear the real price. Rs.8000
crores per year is wasted on this alone while more
hosiptals, schools and roads could have been built
with this money. Haj susidy costs some 250 crores per
year which is neither secular nor wise. all this is
the tip of the iceberg. more later.
see you next friday.
Anbudan
Athiyaman
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