We are All support for Raju

He may have a few friends left among his board of directors. And the market grapevine is that many of his once-trusted lieutenants may jump the ship at the first sight of a new pasture. But this does not make Ramalinga Raju, the founder chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd (SATYAM.BO : 23.85 -16.1), which has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent days, without company. Now, Raju aficionados have gone that extra mile to launch a dedicated website, www.ramalingaraju.com, for their besieged hero. No doubt when the company is under legal scrutiny, this is more of a support-gaining exercise or tricks by the crisis management team. Though the company spokesperson maintained the portal was not developed by any present or former employee of Satyam, it is learnt that it was designed and uplinked by a very close relative of Ramalinga Raju. It starts with Dear Ramalinga Raju Garu, we are all with you @ any point of time....

and our respects and confidence remain the same even today... You are still a hero among all of us and would always remain one no matter what anyone says. It has a welcome site which talks about the initiative to launch this portal. It took 21 long years for someone to build an empire and reputation and today we stand a great chance of losing momentum... can the media houses and critics build an empire by giving direct employment to over 50,000 people? The messages would give some insights into the mindset of the Raju fundamentalists . They make for a heady cocktail of hero worship, regionalism, sycophancy and what not. For some, he is Satyam itself, for some others he is an icon, a king, a hero, a social worker par excellence, godfather and god itself. Sample this: Sir, you have out grown the reach of the so called big wigs of today s world with your noble deeds like Bryraju Foundation and 108 Helpline. Your achievements spill in volumes for me even to recollect. I can only say, Sir you came, you saw and you conquered not only the software business but our hearts of the common man, you are now Ramilinga Raju the people s man. We are all behind you in this need of the hour (sic) to see you as the winner and please do remember your victory is our victory. We salute you, sir . There are other postings blasting Raju detractors, including scribes and those cowards of a directors who had chosen to abandon the visionary in his hour of crisis. This is not to say some messages do dub the deal as maytas tsunami , but still hold Raju in high esteem. Yes Ramalingaraju is the one person who can bring back the glory of the company again. As a human being it s quite possible to take some wrong decisions. One way the decision took by Raju can be called as ridiculous but at the same time he alone can t be blamed for this issue. All the members who approved this will be responsible for this maytas tsunami. Some others advise the media and analysts to stop speculations about Raju s fate. Here is one that takes the cake: Stop speculations Satyam is Raju and Raju is what Satyam. there is no question about that ...one cant imagine Satyam without Raju....such a nice person . Here is another pearl of wisdom from a staunch Raju fan (all written in bold, italics and caps): Heated gold becomes ornament, beaten copper becomes wires. Deflected stone becomes statue. So the more pain get in life you become more valuable.... Thats what Satyam and Ramalingaraju. We are with you, we trust you, we are proud of you ... The member club has Megasoft CEO GV Kumar too, who writes that Ramalinga Raju is a visionary and a great doyen of Indian business and IT industry in particular. It s rather unfortunate that an entrepreneur and business-builder like him is being castigated for this just one single, aborted step, (right or wrong) after all these years of stellar leadership and contribution to the industry and the society. He remains a great man and respected figure to look up to for me and will continue to be so in the future. I request all to pause a bit and put an end to this unnecessary vilification and allow him to do what he did best and will do best i.e. build the company further. Lot of them are not realising the ripple effect which can be caused by letting this team down, people like these who can build companies like Satyam, EMRI 108, Byrraju Foundation are extremely rare, thousands of families are surviving on companies created by him directly or indirectly today, it s an economy by itself where even the country is being benefited through tax earnings and employment creation, and the social service which was an initiative by the same could also be effected. One gentleman says in his message: Who is more valuable to the public or nation? Is it one who serves 100% and has only 8% stake and distributing the rest of 92% to the public or nation? Or one who holds a substantial stake and distribute a mere loot to the public or nation? The messages in defence and praise on the website run into several hundreds. Whatever his fate be, going by the high drama now unfolding on the worldwide web, Raju may give stiff competition to the likes of SRK and MS Dhoni in commanding brand loyalty. As a cynic was heard saying, Satyam as a brand has taken a strong beating, but the brand Raju has been rising on the popularity chart .