In the two year sentencing accorded to Rajat Gupta on October 24, 2012, the judge Jed Rakoff noted “He [Rajat Gupta] is a good man,… But the history of this country and the history of the world are full of examples of good men who did bad things.” The stories of the trial point to the large number of character certificates that had poured in for Gupta, citing his global track records and his history of doing good deeds. Rajat Gupta and his global networks News reports documented the broader context, setting up the case for the character of Mr. Gupta. It seems that the news reports much like judge Rakoff operate on a worldview that differentiates between between good and bad on the basis of the logics of power. The very discussion of whether Gupta is a good man or not enters into the discursive space because of his networks of power and because of his ability to manipulate these networks to achieve specific goals. That Bill Gates writes in letters to the judge attests to t
This blog offers Mohan Dutta's reflections on the theoretical framework of the culture-centered approach, examining the interplays among Structure, Culture, and Agency in shaping marginalisation and the ways in which communities at the margins challenge structures. Writings on the blog are continually being revised to reflect the organic analysis of structure and agency.