Comment Pieces

********** Kejriwal:'********** is not India. India is not **********'

Posted on November 08, 2011

Firstpost editors Sandip Roy and Lakshmi Chaudhry report the conversations around the Jan Lokpal… Read more

Social media vital for modern day political movements?

Posted on November 08, 2011

The Anna movement has been labelled a communications revolution with the social media playing a significant role in the success of the movement. Is… Read more

Reconstitution of Team **********

Posted on November 08, 2011

The Anna Hazare led anti-corruption movement faced tremendous bottlenecks with one controversy after another hitting it out of turn. Is a reconstitution… Read more

Combating corruption

Posted on November 07, 2011

Raj Kumar, the author of Corruption and Human Rights in India and a well-known scholar of law argues that corruption severely impacts the implementation… Read more

Weeding out corruption in India

Posted on November 07, 2011

The absence of a national-level civil society restricted most protests and anti-corruption activity to the regional sphere. But with technological… Read more

Corruption: The change we need

Posted on November 07, 2011

The end of the license raj and protectionism have failed to curb the parallel black economy. As Transparency International figures highlight the excess… Read more

Corruption currents set the private sector adrift!

Posted on November 04, 2011

Corruption has always been a part and parcel of our everyday lives. Like invisible white termites, it has been silently eating away at every aspect of… Read more

Will India's anti-corruption campaign implode?

Posted on November 04, 2011

Demonising politicians and anti-Congress campaigning saw two leading activists walk out of the campaign, quoting lack of inner democracy as one of… Read more

Fast forward: How ********** can reboot his campaign

Posted on November 04, 2011

The anti-corruption crusade when launched was at such a high that Team Anna was deified as the entire country responded spontaneously and enthusiastically… Read more

India most improved in bribery index

Posted on November 04, 2011

As China and Russia top the Bribe Payers Index, 2011, a survey conducted by Transparency International reveals that India’s bribery score has… Read more