An Open Letter To Sidhu Moose Wala
By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch 

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Who spread Rumours or feel Jealousy?  “As Rumour versus Truth-An Ongoing Battle in life: *Julio Ribeiro said
By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
Dear Sidhu Moose Wala Ji,
info@sidhumoosewala.net
Be happy always by the grace of God.
  I, Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch: http://www.sikhvicharmanch.com/home.htm , heard your interview on News 18 TV today, though we don’t know each other, but your simplicity and innocence touched my heart- ‘that interview moved me on an emotional level Source: theidioms.com’ and thought to write or forward you for your information, knowledge and consideration as such:
“As Rumour versus Truth-An Ongoing Battle in life: *Julio Ribeiro said
Who spread Rumours and feel jealousy?
(i)     “The useless or failed competitors for social status* falsely initiate the rumours in society’ as could safely be inferred-concluded from reasoning in ‘Rumour versus Truth-An Ongoing Battle In Life: Julio Ribeiro”, Balbir Singh Sooch said.
(ii)     Social status: “In sociology or anthropology, social status is the honor or prestige attached to one's position in society. It may also refer to a rank or position that one holds in a group… One can earn their social status by their own achievements, which is known as achieved status…”
“Rumour versus Truth-An Ongoing Battle: Julio Ribeiro*
By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
A.     “The useless or failed competitors for social status* falsely initiate the rumours in society’ as could safely be inferred-concluded from reasoning in ‘Rumour versus Truth-An Ongoing Battle In Life: Julio Ribeiro”, Balbir Singh Sooch said.
(i)    *Social status: “In sociology or anthropology, social status is the honor or prestige attached to one's position in society. It may also refer to a rank or position that one holds in a group… One can earn their social status by their own achievements, which is known as achieved status…”
1.      It is always difficult to sift-filter false rumours from fact. Those who initiate the rumours revel in the fact that anything bad is more likely to be accepted among peers-“landed gentry-people of a particular kind, aristocracy, upper class‘ who are the equal of somebody else, e.g. in age or social class” and possible competitors for higher office (or The useless competitors for social status falsely in society) .
2.      I am glad I read former Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria’s memoir; any doubts I had harboured about a good man were cleared: Posted: April 12, 2020 06:59 AM (IST): The Tribune, Chandigarh :Rumour vs truth: An ongoing battle: written by: Julio Ribeiro:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/rumour-vs-truth-an-ongoing-battle-69892
3.      When a person is wronged through the medium of rumours, he or she reacts in myriad-“countless; very diverse- made up of many different components” ways. Some ignore the insinuations falsely directed at them as they have more important matters to attend to, others sulk and retreat into man-made shells, the vicious ones plot revenge.
4.      A former Commissioner of Police of the ‘Urbs Prima in Indis’ waited for his retirement from service to write his memoirs in the course of which he tried to dispel the readers’ doubts about his actions and his integrity. Rakesh Maria was the police chief of Mumbai for a few days short of three years from October 2012 to September 2015.
5.      He is a Bombay boy, like me. I think we were the only two IPS officers born and raised in the city which we were later to police! My family had settled in the city some 200 years ago, having migrated from Goa, which in that epoch was the colony of the Portuguese. Rakesh hailed from Punjab. His parents had settled in the Bombay suburb of Bandra in the mid-20th century.
6.      Unlike me, Julio Ribeiro:  Rakesh always aspired to become a police officer. He dreamt of being a policeman, a Sherlock Holmes in uniform. Unravelling murders and other crimes was his calling! He was a good student and a good sportsman. He cleared the competitive examination in the very first attempt. He went on to become an excellent police officer, much in demand by senior officers on the lookout for the extraordinary to tackle difficult problems or situations.
7.      The above average are perpetually in demand in a service like the police. Because they are in demand, they also attract the jealousy that is concomitant-“parallel to a hierarchical- administered by a hierarchy composed of members of the clergy” organisation. Very early in the career of such an officer, mean rumours start circulating about the officer’s intentions, interests and integrity.
8.      It is always difficult to sift-filter false rumours from fact. Those who initiate the rumours revel in the fact that anything bad is more likely to be accepted among peers-“landed gentry-people of a particular kind, aristocracy, upper class‘ who are the equal of somebody else, e.g. in age or social class” and possible competitors for higher office.
9.      These individuals, in turn, spread what they have heard to numerous friends and very soon the worst is believed even if there is no iota of truth in the wicked-evil, bad, terrible stories.
10.  It was rumoured about Rakesh that when he was entrusted with the investigation of the serial bomb blasts case in Mumbai in March 1993 after the Babri demolition inspired riots of 1992, he made a declaration to the Income Tax authorities under the Amnesty Scheme of some Rs 2-5 crores! Many people I know believed the rumour. In his book ‘Let Me Say it Now’, Rakesh states categorically that he was officially asked to explain the allegation. He gave the government of the day permission to check the facts with the Income Tax Department. Prompt came the reply that no such declaration had been traced in their records. It required a book to clear the doubt.
11.    A second doubt that had been planted in my mind was about a fake piece of information of a possible terrorist strike that had been passed on by Rakesh to the then Jt Commissioner (L&O) in what was then interpreted as a ruse to enhance his reputation….. 
12.     I read Rakesh Maria’s memoir covering 600 pages in just five days. This would have been impossible before the lockdown, that keeps me indoors compulsorily.
(i)    “I am glad I read it because any doubts I had harboured about a good man were cleared.
(ii)     My interactions with Rakesh while he was in service had always been pleasant. As IGP-Training, my NGO had close contacts with him. We found him to be a positive person, interested in justice and fair play that any good police officer should”. Finally concluded now by: Julio Ribeiro: Posted: April 12, 2020 06:59 AM (IST): The Tribune, Chandigarh:Rumour vs truth: An ongoing battle: written by: Julio Ribeiro:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/rumour-vs-truth-an-ongoing-battle-69892
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Highlights By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
First Posted On: April 20, 2020, 9:15 PM (IST)
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Rumour versus Truth-An Ongoing Battle: Julio Ribeiro*
*”Julio Francis Ribeiro is a retired Indian police officer and civil servant. He held increasingly responsible positions during his career, and led the Punjab Police during part of the Punjab insurgency periods. In 1987, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award for his services”. Wikipedia”
By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch:
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First Posted On: July, 21, 2020, 21:57 IST