Before arriving at this issue Why is the Common man not understanding that there is a need for investigation, 

lets first see what were the issues raised by Hindenburg in brief because am sure many must have not even read it but still supporting the Govt.

1. Key listed Adani companies have substantial debt and are over-leveraged.
2. Unconventional accounting practices to inflate its profits and understate its debt.
3. Gautam Adani’s oldest brother created a large number  of shell companies.
4. Five chief financial officers over the course of eight years. Appointing inexperienced Auditors.
5. Engaging in insider trading and tax evasion.
6. Engaging in large-scale deforestation, damaging fragile ecosystems.
7. Younger brother, accused by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and was subsequently arrested twice .
8. Gautam Adani’s brother-in-law, Samir Vora, accused by the DRI in a diamond trading scam.
9. The Adani Group has previously been the focus of 4 major government fraud investigations .
10. Two-and-a-half years ago a court in Ahmedabad issued a gag order not to speak or write anything against the interests of the Adani Group.

For explanation of each point you can scroll down.

If even now one can not feel that Adanis should be investigated that lets be sure India is sure to be doomed BECAUSE CORRUPT DO NOT MAKE A NATION STRONG.

EXPLANATION .

One. Key listed Adani companies have substantial debt and are over-leveraged and its shares were pledged. Bombay Stock Exchange data shows the Adani Family Trust pledged stock as collateral across several of the listed companies.

Even The Securities and Exchange Board of India said over the weekend that it was aware of “unusual price movement in the stocks of a business conglomerate” and vowing to examine and take “appropriate” action “if any information comes to SEBI’s notice”. 

So, should this not be examined to plug this loop hole so that others do not resort to this.  For a layman its something like this ; you buy a car for Rs 30 lacs, and then take a loan of Rs 30 lacs by inflating its value to 60 lacs and pledging it as collateral. Had you not over valued it perhaps you would not have got so much of loan and if you are not able to pay back the loan , then even when the Bank auctions your car it won't even get 30 lacs. 

Should this not be examined.  Now the issue is should the Banks and the SEBI not investigated all this when Adanis were resorting to this practice.

Two. The report alleges that Adani Group has used unconventional accounting practices to inflate its profits and understate its debt. The report claims that the company has booked large amounts of revenue from subsidiaries and joint ventures, which are not consolidated in its financial statements, and that this provides a misleading picture of the company’s financial health and profitability. The subsidiary companies are not mentioned in the financial statements.

Three. Vinod Adani, Gautam Adani’s oldest brother has created a large number (38, by Hindenburg’s count) shell companies, based in Mauritius, and used them specifically for  stock parking / stock manipulation and laundering money through Adani’s private companies onto the listed companies’ balance sheets in order to maintain the appearance of Good financial health“,

Four. Report says Adani companies changed their chief financial officers (CFOs) frequently and that auditors used by the group are relatively unknown. It says Adani Enterprises has had five chief financial officers over the course of eight years, indicating potential accounting issues". The answer given by the adanis does not augur confidence; it said that the audit committee of each of the listed companies is composed entirely of independent directors, and auditors are appointed on their recommendation.

Then the questions arise ;

WHO ARE THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS and How Independent are they ?

Why did they employ inexperienced auditors to audit accounts of such a rich company and what benefits does it accrue when one appoints inexperience Auditors?

Now when one sees all these issues from ONE TO FOUR, one obviously finds a connection.  Should this not be examined or should all this be shoved under the carpet saying ; YEH DESH HIT MEY NAHIN HAI.

 Is it really in India’s interest to allow a company to inflate its value, fudge its accts and seek loans based on inflated values?

Five. It accuses Adani Group of engaging in insider trading and tax evasion. The report cites documents obtained from Indian government and regulatory agencies, which it claims support these allegations.

Now keeping in mind that Gautam Adanis samadhi Cyril Shroff is reportedly a part of the committee on corporate governance in SEBI i.e. The Securities and Exchange Board of India and is also the CEO of Adani ports and SEZ.

Should this issue not be investigated because many of us do not know How Insider trading would cause a harm to a common trader. Today we have 738 lac demat acct holders and many are indirectly involved in equity trading through SIPs in equity based MFs.

Should we allow our hard earned money be manipulated by crooks.

Six. The report also criticizes Adani Group for its environmental practices, accusing the company of engaging in large-scale deforestation, damaging fragile ecosystems, and polluting groundwater and air. The report claims that Adani Group has ignored the concerns of local communities and has not followed environmental regulations.

 Now this may appear to be trivial but it is not. Because We all know how big and small companies for their commercial benefits have flouted and are flouting the environmental rules and norms and causing harm. And it’s the common man who ultimately suffers because its his houses which get flooded, its he who does not get safe drinking water . for instance Builders in bangalore caused permanent damage to almost 50-60 lakes and the recent flooding was the result of this blatant violation. The same happened in uttrakhand. Should this not be investigated and adanis be compelled to follow environment norms. In Australia they could not start mining because of the same issues.

At the end of the report Hindenburg asked some VERY VERY IMPORTANT questions:

Seven . Gautam Adani’s younger brother, Rajesh Adani, was accused by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) of playing a central role in a diamond trading import/export scheme around 2004-2005. He was subsequently arrested twice over allegations of customs tax evasion, forging import documentation and illegal coal imports.

Given this kind of past record, why was he subsequently promoted to serve as Managing Director at the Adani Group?

Eight . Gautam Adani’s brother-in-law, Samir Vora, was accused by the DRI of being a ringleader of a diamond trading scam and of repeatedly making false statements to regulators.

Given his history, why was he subsequently promoted to Executive Director of the critical Adani Australia division?

Nine. The Adani Group has previously been the focus of 4 major government fraud investigations which have alleged money laundering, theft of taxpayer funds and corruption.

Ten. Now very important is the issue of Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, who was the editor of a very renowned Indian journal EPW – ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY .  whose name found prominent mention in the Hindenburg Research report  as this brought international glare on the standard of Indian probity in corporate governance.. Surpsingly, two-and-a-half years ago a court in Ahmedabad issued a gag order asking him not to speak or write anything that may go against the interests of the Adani Group. Do the courts behave like this. And the lawyers representing companies headed by Gautam Adani filed six defamation cases against him.

So, the recent happenings clealry indicate that You cannot silent people for ever, you may by hook or by crook force people to remain silent using coercive means  but in this INTERCONNECTED WORLD the voices will come from some where else and you will have no control over them.

If you do not act you will hurt country’s reputation and its business interests, as it has happened in last few days when FIIs have avoided Indian markets.

Let this be a lesson, transparency may appear to be a nuisance but at the end of the day it pays.

With our experience we all know Big fish in our country do have a tendency to manipulate the system.  

We have had numerous businessmen escaping after committing fraud and they have not returned,

Afterall, there are allegations which may or may not be true but we can arrive at the Conclusion only when these allegations are INVESTIGATED.

Decide for your self SHOULD THERE BE AN INVESTIGATION AGAINST THIS MAN or we should harm our nations interest by tarnishing the image of our Institutions.

Most of us have nothing to do with a Political a party nor with Adani but we have gone so far emotionally with current leadership that we find it difficult to look with in. 

Choice is yours Behave like Bhishmpitamah or like Sam i.e show Moral courage.

ज़िंदगी एक सफर है , यह हम सब जानते हैं पर शायद समझते कम ही लोग हैं , क्यूंकि अगर समझते तो इतने बाबाओं के प्रवचन सुन ने की आव्यशकता नहीं होती। एक भगवत गीता और जीवन के कई पड़ाव ही काफी थे .

सब को अलग परिस्थियों मे भिन भिन तजुर्बे होते हैं और हम इस ज़िंदगी के सफर मे आगे बढ़ते हुए ज़िंदगी से सीखते जाते हैं.

इस सफर से हम तभी सीख ले सकते हैं जब हम इस दौरान आये हुए हर संकट से , हर चैलेंज के दौरान हमने आत्मिक अवलोकन किया हो , अगर नहीं किया है तो हमारा ज्ञान बड़ा ऊपरी स्तर का होगा.

हम सब कभी न कभी बीमार ज़रूर पड़े होंगे , बीमारी भी तो हमारे इस सफर का एक महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा है , एक चैलेंज है। सिर्फ शारीरक चैलेंज ही नहीं बल्कि मानसिक भी, भौतिक भी , आत्मिक भी।

यही कारण है की जब हम बिमार शरीर लिए पड़े हों , कष्ट से गुज़र रहे हों, ना किसी से बोलने का मन करता है ना ही किसी चीज़ की चहा होती है , बस अगर चहा होती है तो सिर्फ एक चीज़ की, किसी तरह यह कष्ट दूर हो जाए।

बिमारी एक महत्वपूर्ण पड़ाव है जब हम बिस्तरे पे कष्ट मे पड़े हों तो एक आत्मिक अवलोकन का एक अच्छा मौका है । यही वह नाज़ुक़ समय है जिसमे हम बड़ी शिदत से ईश्वर से प्रार्थना करते हैं। बस यही मौका ईश्वर हम इंसान को प्रदान करता है की हम आत्मिक चिंतन करें.

और यही चिंतन , आत्मिक चिंतन हमें हर बीमारी के बाद एक बेहतर इंसान बनाता है।

यह चिंतन हमें सिखाता है की हम इस पूरी सृष्टि से कितने करीब से जुड़े हैं।

जो ऑक्सीजन हमें दी गयी वह ऑक्सीजन इस धरती पर सब प्राणी चाहे वह अमरीकन हो या जापानी या पाकिस्तानी या हिन्दुस्तानी सब इसी ऑक्सीजन को ले रहे हैं।

जो खून चढ़ा वह भी किस का है पता नहीं , हिन्दू का है, मुसलमान का है या सिख या ईसाई का पता नहीं चलता क्यों की सब की रगों मे वही खून दौड़ रहा है। सिर्फ फ़र्क़ है ब्लड ग्रुप का तो ताजुब होता है की मेरे भाई का ब्लड ग्रुप दूसरा हो सकता है तो जिसे हम खून का रिश्ता कहते हैं वह क्या है और इंसानियत का रिश्ता कितना बड़ा है  

हर चोट और बिमारी एक और महत्वपूर्ण ज्ञान देती है की शरीर सिर्फ नश्वर ही नहीं अपितु उसमें अपने आप को रिपेयर करने की असीमित क्षमता है , देखने मे आया है की ब्रेन सेल्स भी अगर डैमेज हो जाएँ तो नए भी उत्पन हो जाते हैं. यह रिपेयर करने की कोशिश को कई बार दवाई से बल मिलता है तो कई बार योग या excercise से और कभी फिजियो थेरेपी से पर वास्तविकता यह है की शरीर मे यह INHERENT क़ाबलियत है अपने आप को रिपेयर करने की।

हर व्यक्ति जब इस धरती पे ६० वर्ष के करीब पूरा कर लेता है तब उसने अपने जीवन में कई संघर्ष झेले होते हैं और ना जाने कितनी ही छोटी बड़ी बीमारियों से लड़ा होता है या अपने कई करीबियों को दुनिया से रुखसत होते हुए देखा होता है।

अगर उस व्यक्ति ने हर उस चैलेंज और हर उस बिमारी के दौरान या पड़ाव पर आत्मिक चिंतन किया हो तो वह

समाज को - वह समझ , वह ज्ञान दे सकता है जो की कम उम्र के जवान लोगों के पास नहीं होता है। क्यों की उन्होने अभी जीवन के वह सारे पड़ाव नहीं लांघे हैं , उन्होंने अभी जीवन के वह सारे चैलेंजेज फेस नहीं किये हैं।

सब्र एक ऐसा गुण है जो एक जवान मे नहीं होता है बल्कि यह कहना गलत नहीं होगा की - सब्र का ना होना ही जवानी की निशानी है और स्ट्रेस ( STRESS) का कारण भी , यह उत्तेजना , यह अधीरता हमें अक्सर सड़क पे, दफ्तरों मे दिखाई देती है और घर के बड़े बुजुर्ग यही कहते हुए सुने जाते हैं बेटा थोड़ी तसली रख सब ठीक हो जाएगा।

परिवार को और समाज को भी इन बड़े बुजुर्गों से यह उम्मीद रहती है की वह सब को ठीक रहा दिखाएं , एक ऐसे समाज की रचना मे सहयोग करें जहाँ प्रेम हो, सामजस्य हो , नफरत न हो , ईर्ष्या न हो। लेकिन जिस समाज में खुद बड़े बुज़ुर्ग ही घृणा , नफरत को बढ़ावा देते हों तो फिर उस समाज को कौन रहा दिखायेगा।

कृष्णजी ने अध्याय २ श्लोक ३७ मे बोला

"हे अर्जुन तू अगर युद्ध करेगा और जीतेगा तू इस धरती पे राज्य करेगा और अगर मृत्यु को प्राप्त होगा तो भी मुझ (स्वर्ग) को ही प्राप्त होगा इस लिए तू उठ और युद्ध कर"।

परन्तु कृषणजी दूर दर्शी थे वह जानते थे की इस श्लोक से कितना विनाश हो सकता है इस लिए अगले ही श्लोकों मे बोले ; तू स्थिर बुद्धि वाला योगी बन - न किसी से द्वेष, न इर्षा , ना बदले की भावना ,अहिंसा का पालन कर और जय- पराजय , लाभ- हानि और सुख दुःख को सामान समझकर उसके बाद युद्ध कर। ऐसा करने से तू कर्मों के   बंधनों से मुक्त हो जाएगा और तू पाप को प्राप्त नहीं होगा।

यही सार है पहिले गीता का अर्जुन बनो फिर महाभारत का।

हम मे से बहुत सारे लोग जो आज अपनी ३-४ थी इन्निंग्स मे है और ६० साल की उम्र पार कर चुके हैं , अगर अब भी समाज मे घृणा , नफरत , इर्षा फैलाने में पुर ज़ोर योगदान दे रहे हैं तो फिर भगवन भी हमसे पूछेंगे की बेटा इतना लम्बा ज्ञान दे कर आया था, तूने भगवत गीता से क्या सीखा। इस ज़िंदगी के सफर से क्या सीखा ?, तू तो अपने जीवन के अंतिम पड़ाव मे भी इर्षा, घृणा , नफरत को बढ़ावा दे रहा था। गीता का पाठ समझे बिना ही महाभारत मे उतर गया.

कमाल की बात है की यह सारे गुण धीरे धीरे उम्र के साथ और इस ज़िंदगी के सफर मे सीखते जाते हैं , इसी लिए कहा जाता है न बुज़ुर्ग भी तो बच्चे का स्वरुप होते हैं।

Ultimately in God’s House what will count is What We stood for in Life ; Hatred or Love. Peace or Violence. Justice or Injustice. Fairness or Unfairness, Deceit or Integrity and Not Whether we were a Muslim or a Hindu , A Sikh or a Christian. 

Each one of us have been taught by our parents and our teachers that ;

“Chori ek paisey ki ho ya 100 ki weh chori hi hai” so never justify your chori also never Justify the acts of Chors and also never support the Chors(thieves).

Armed forces go a step ahead. They demand that the Officers should have Moral courage to call a spade as spade and be fearless in expressing what they feel is right even if it is contrary to the superiors’ VIEWS.

However, over a span of 20-30 years many of us forget these LEARNINGS and start justifying the corrupt and dishonest;

“Main kyun apna career kharab karun inke chakkar mein”(Why should I ruin my career by reporting against the powerful),

“Mai nahin lunga to doosra lega”(If I do not take bribe others will take),

“Mainey theka nahin le rakha desh aur samaj ko chalaaney ka”,

“Mere nahin leney sey kya desh sudhar jaayega”,

“Sub log to sarkaari sampati misuse kar rahey hain , kaun nahin kar raha hai” (Everyone is misusing the Govt property),

“Yeh sab Paschim deshon ki saajish hai , humein aagey nahin badhney dena chahatey” ( This is a conspiracy by Western Nations) etc etc.

As a result, the Nation despite all the noises made to curb corruption is still lingering at the Top of Most corrupt Nations Rankings.

Its very important, therefore, for all of us who have no stake in any political party to understand the following;

One, A theft can only be proven when someone complaints of the loss, someone carries out the probe and a judge gives the verdict. The rest can either level allegations or defend the Chors depending on what is their relation with the Chor(thief) or what is their vested interest in defending the Chor.

Second. So, if the Judge and those who enquire are the ones who can prove that theft has taken place, then we need to allow a Probe, otherwise, there is no way we can in a civilised society prove that the Theft/ Corruption has taken place.

Three. Big thieves are Big Fish of the society. They are influential, powerful people and they operate hand in glove with many of their ilk; Corrupt Govt officials, Corrupt Bureaucrats, Corrupt Politicians, Corrupt Police men and even criminals. All of them scratch each other’s back.

Four. In view of the above, Bigger the thief or Bigger the Fish, greater are the chances of manipulating the system as he is resourceful and covers his back side well. The Big Chors do not even spare the Nation, and often it is the scoundrels who use Nationalism as a last resort. People of my age have heard similar excuses or justifications during Bofors scam, Coffin scam, Harshad Mehta’s scam and so on. Hence to nab a Big Chor one needs professionals to carry out an enquiry and also an effective Judiciary to finally give the judgement.

Five. As the Big Fish is powerful, small fish are scared to report . As a result, initially one will hear only allegations against such big Fish. For instance take your minds back to; Bofors scam, Telgi scam, Harshad Mehta scam, Mallaya, Lalit Modi, Nira Radia, 3G, 4 G scams, allocation of coal mines, helicopter deals, Robert Vadhra deal, National Herald scam, Rafael scam etc , all we heard initially were the allegations. The same is applicable to Adanis.

Six. These allegations thereafter have to be enquired by experts in right earnest and then only the Big Fish can be accused of Stealing. It’s a long and tedious process and there are still some allegations which have not been proven despite long probes and one of them is Robert Vadhra’s land deal.

Seven. There is fair chance that the allegations can be levelled by disgruntled elements for their own vested interests or to settle old scores or for political reasons. For instance, whenever a weapon deal takes place with a firm the other companies who have not got the order level allegations of bribes against those who have approved the deal.

Eight. What moral right do we as a society have to nab and punish only small fish and let big fish go just because small fish does not have the resources to manipulate the system ? Even the SC has told the Banks to go after the Big fish to recover the loans instead of harassing the small fish.

Nine. We must remember an old adage often spoken by senior sports men ; Game is Bigger than the individual. The same is applicable to the Nation as well. It is the Values that need to be upheld and not the individuals. If we as a society uphold the Values, we will keep getting good people and if we do not uphold the Values, we will only get rubbish and vile will float on top and it will be replaced by more vile.

In view of the above, we the common man for our own benefit must accept that ;

A wrong is a wrong whether it is of one paisa or 100 paisa. And Allegations against Big Fish need to be enquired as we owe something to the small fish. We can not kick the small fish because the Big Fish’s contribution to GDP is more. And if we do so then we will create a proverbial “Matsya Rajya” as narrated by Chanakya in his Book ; ARTHSHASTRA, where the Big fish eats the small fish.

Now a bit of politics, when allegations were raised against Robert Vadhra we questioned as to how in such a short span of time his land became worth hundreds of crores(Mr Jaitley). The same allegation was levelled by Mr Rajat Sharma today in AAP KI ADALAT against Adani ;

Gautambhai, everyone asks God for wealth, but it seems like God only listens to you. I’ve been researching on your wealth for days now and it seems to be increasing every day. Seems like by the end of this show, you would have added another couple of thousand crores to your kitty. So, what is the formula for earning money?

 In December 2021 your wealth was 9,62,322 crores. In December 2022, in one year, it is 18,64,579 crores. 9 lakh crores in one year, These figures are dumbfounding! Every day you earn 1,600 crores, you earn 67 crores every hour?

And Gautam Adani’s answer was;

See, Rajatbhai, I don’t get trapped in this web of numbers. The major thing for me is what change can I bring about in the nation. If you go to see why the numbers have increased, I see that the country is on the path to progress. And I say it with full confidence that India’s position today, and in the coming 20-30 years, is going to be unstoppable.

Is it a typical case of; Nationalism being the last resort of a scoundrel.

Do the small fish of this Nation have no right to demand a fair probe against the Big Fish, allegedly corrupt or only the Politicians have the right to decide against whom the probe can be done?