Plagiarism- a term used for stealing or copying a
tune/lyric /song or clandestinely lifting a paragraph or an entire chapter or
editorial to show as if the work is their own handiwork.
The original work is read, heard and rehearsed ‘n’ number
of times. It is possible that more effective research is made on similar lines
at a later stage where innovative ideas gets metamorphosed and the resulting
‘’encompassed’’ work gets huge credibility and the author rides the horse of
success to unimaginable heights and hogs all the lime-light. The euphoria
continues till the bubble is burst and the facts nail the offender and subdues
all unwarranted and unmerited glaze.
The recent indictment and suspension of renowned Time
magazine editor of and CNN TV host Fareed Zakaria has grossly exposed the
negative aspects of journalists / writers who thrive on pilfered and willfully borrowed
articles. Fareed Zakara was awarded a Padma Bhushan in2010 for his outstanding
Contribution to Journalism. The awarding committee which chooses the potential candidate,
must be licking their wounded psyche after the shameful expose.
There have been numerous instances when top notch Indian
authors/writers have bitten more than they could chew.
Kavya Vishwanathan an Indian American writer was caught
red-handed, she had plagiarized pages from 5
different novels to write 1 of her own. All the copies were later recalled
and consigned to the dust-bins.
Arun Purie noted editor of India today used the nefarious
–CONTROL X /CONTROL V to carve out a
piece of article on South Indian actor Rajnikanth by Grady Hendrix. This was
perhaps the most humiliating and unpardonable crime.(Imagine an outsider having
a better grasp of the subject on an Indian film star). The worst thing was Arun
Purie was stubborn enough and refused to acknowledge the Crime.
VN Narayanan erstwhile editor of Hindustan Times
effortlessly’’ DOWNLOADED’ an article from British Journo Bryan Appleyard and
almost ‘’earned ‘’ accolades before alert and avid readers fixed him. He was of
course unceremoniously shown the DOOR.
This violation of copyright/patent right has marred the
image of our Country which is replete with great literary souls from
Rabindranath Tagore to RK Narayan and VS Naipaul to Premchand.
Dried up ideas or lack of self motivating factors and
trying to make it big in the literary world perhaps provokes these individuals
to penetrate and breach the HALL OF SHAME.
In a bizarre attempt to grab success, fame and glamour
our esteemed journos have taken the short cut for attaining the ‘’2’’ minutes of Fame.
The writers have failed to realize that there are hordes
of avid book lovers who follow a certain trend and who create their own cult
following, choosing a select brand of writers and are equally intelligent to
detect such pilferage with consummate ease.
The Cut and paste authors should further realize that the
thin and fragile crust of faith and astute fan following is destroyed in
seconds by their malicious intent.
The painstaking efforts in initializing the original
masterpiece (the original writers who use their imaginative and complex ideas
to proliferate and mould the same into literary and creative art) should never
be allowed to be so easily marauded or mauled by these new breed of Parasites who
are into this Plagiarisation business sans any shame or guilt.
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