Since the fallout of President Nixon’s ‘Watergate’ scandal in US, it has become a fashion in the media to give a ‘Gate tag’, be that proven or unproven corruption issues. To garner higher TRP most of the media houses in India too have been conducting corruptions debates in competition with each other. The latest one is about the Indian cricketing czar Lalit Modi’s ‘ModiGate’, which is buzzing now in the Indian media!

 The ‘ModiGate’ debates are primarily gyrating around the probity issue and as usual, chorused by besides TV anchor, panellists representing ruling & opponents political parties, specialist/ Journo,  etc.  These prime time TV debates sometimes turn into noisy theatrics in proving one another party corrupt, when it is well known each is having skeletons in its cupboard. Do these competitive corruption debates really cut much ice with the viewers in general, especially to those inspirational Indians?  

These competitive corruption debates also remind me of a famous quote of Guru Nanakji’s, “ Bura jo Doodan Main Gaya; Bura Na Miliya Koi; Jo Main Doodndoo Aapnu; Mujse Bura Na Koi –Went for searching a fall(bad) guy; could not find one; when I searched within me, I found none bad other than myself”!!

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