Third Eye of Information Technology

It is our firm belief that in ancient days, saints and learned could see the events occurring anywhere in the world by the power of their mind. In the great epic Mahabharata, it is stated that Sanjay used this power to describe with visual details the events in war between Kouravas & Pandavas. Shri Krishna also showed the entire universe to Arjuna. In Puranas it is written that Lord Shankara has third eye and if he opens it, he can burn anything before him and turn it into ashes.

We have now started experiencing similar powers of information technology in socio-political spectrum in the entire world. Today anybody can contact any other person located anywhere through mobile.By using audio-visual chatting facilities like skype, yahoo messenger and google talk, we can do conversation with our friends and relatives by staying in our house. with advent of 3D technology, this experience is becoming more realistic. 

We can read the books on net and do not require to go to library for that.Visiting any place, moving on any road in the worlds and doing virtual shopping has become possible due to new developments in TV and web technology. Enormously grown community networks with constant input of data by millions has created need of innovative techniques of data mining, analysis and storage. Cloud computing and large memory storage banks have acquired the capacity to grasp and manage all sorts of information.

 I wish to link this achievement to an entirely different topic.The above mentioned all pervasive information grasping power which was proprietary to God and saints has now become available to common man due to recent developments in information technology. Right to information alone would not be sufficient unless the information is freed from the clutches of imposed secrecy on shady deals. Long back, I had read a science fiction story ‘ Gold Fish’, where a scientist devises technique to see through opaque walls. The authority of approving the application of invention visualizes its possible effect in destroying the privacy of human beings and conversion of community as a flock of goldfish in transparent bowl. with this fear, the authority destroys the equipment which could build such devices. The information technology products have developed similar capability to exposing locked up information in high places and it is likely that society authorities will ban use of such devices fearing instability. 

 Any event that has occurred in dark, without any human witness or at any private place can now be unearthed by using modern methods of investigation. In case of corruption, minimum two persons are involved. sting operations by media have brought out many cases of corruption. CCTV, hidden camera, infrared photography, DNA tracing and such techniques have successfully identified thieves, terrorists and apprehended guilty. We say that now a days there is too much corruption in public life. In my opinion, similar corruption might be there earlier also. But it was well concealed and common people never had any chance even to doubt about it as there was hard cover of total confidentiality and protection of sensitive documents. now the times have changed. 

 Democracy has given powers and courage to people for demanding information, support of law in the form of right to information and more important techniques of grasping secret information. That is the reason, why people have become aware of corruption. I think it is a good sign and will have healthy impact on preserving democracy and fairness in business practices. 

 I remember to have read an eye opening event described in the first chapter of ‘Atlas shrugged’, a novel by Ann Rynd. While going home after office hours, the person( can’t remember the name) sees a big fallen tree on the road and people gathered to see how such a big assuring tree has suddenly collapsed. What they see there is that even though the tree was looking intact and strong from outside, it was totally eaten by termites with a big hollow portion in the middle. We are experiencing similar situation about our present governing structure. the only difference is that the tree is still standing and there is some hope of weeding out the termites who are destroying the tree. It is seen that common man is disappointed and feeling helpless by rampant corruption by people at high places of authority and power. 

But now information technology has provided all powerful magical third eye to see anything happening illegal anywhere. It has also capability to dislodge the persons from their chairs of authority, destroy their empire and expose their deeds for legal action. If such capability of seeing through would have been available long back, many international nasty espionage activities, Hitler’s atrocities, labour camps in Syberia, world wars and slavery could have been avoided by necessary restraints and revolts by society. Personal freedom and rights could have been guarded in an effective way from dominating fascist rulers.

 I feel that information technology is a new weapon available to people for destroying corruption of selfish rulers in present Kaliyuga and establishment of Satyayuga. People should use it like Parashurama. It is said that Parashurama destroyed all bad rulers from the world for 21 times. If we examine the reason why he had to do this many times and why he could not eliminate its recurrence again, we reveal that lust for power and its misuse after achieving it is a normal human behavior. hence, it is necessary to keep the struggle on and prevent misuse of power for selfish gains by leaders. 

It is rightly said that ” To err is human”. Great socialist leader H. V. Kamat had warned people not to give status of God to anybody, whatever may be his sacrifice or achievement as his feet inherently are mortal ( He has limitations of human psyche). Accordingly, the present trend of worshiping leader is not correct. Worship the thoughts and not the mortal body. It is necessary for healthy democracy to have majority of people with no party alliance. It should be presumed irrespective of promises or services rendered by any party that if it comes to power it will become selfish and corrupt if not monitored by people with strict vigilance. 

If the people in administration realize that all powerful third eye of information technology is always focusing on them, they would not dare to misuse the power for their personal or party gains. Society equipped with such guarding system can safeguard democracy and channelize development with real objective of social uplift and preservation of environment.

 

 Now the news channels have started probing homicide, drug, finance and soon this fire will engulf all bad deeds done in dark and turn kaliyug back to Satyayuga