Comment Pieces

Raising a stink over corruption!

Posted on June 16, 2012

As anyone who has experienced this situation is prone to agree with this: living with uncleared garbage in the vicinity is pretty tough.

A spokesperson,… Read more

Can we `flush’ away corrupt practices in public toilets?

Posted on June 16, 2012

By Rupsa Chakraborty

Imagine, you need to use the restroom urgently and someone insists you pay a huge sum of money for the… Read more

(Bond)ed corruption in the Central Excise department

Posted on June 15, 2012

Laws formulated by the Excise department to relax excise duty or tax levied on export/import businesses are flouted almost on a regular basis by the… Read more

Your ignorance fills the cop’s pockets!

Posted on June 15, 2012

By Manishka Soorya

Do you know that the permissible alcohol limit for a motorist on the roads is 0.3%?  Well, most of… Read more

Money racket flourishes in anganwadis too

Posted on June 14, 2012

Poor administration and loopholes in implementation ensure that the laudable Anganwadi scheme fails to live up to its lofty mission of improving the… Read more

Green bucks gets Green Cards going!

Posted on June 14, 2012

By Manishka Soorya

Procuring a Green Card these days is an extremely time-consuming ordeal. A major racket exists right from… Read more

Will this cat ever get belled?

Posted on June 13, 2012

By Manisha Yadav

The unethical practices adopted  by autorickshaw drivers is a form of corruption that hurts our pockets… Read more

The acronym officials dread – RTI!

Posted on June 13, 2012

By Juwairia Mekhri

The stunning revelations that have come out by taking recourse to the Right to Information (RTI) Act has… Read more

We pay a price to protect you!

Posted on June 12, 2012

By Manishka Soorya

The murky Tatra deal,  Kargil coffin scam, the army ration scam...all involving big names and amounts… Read more

He paid a bribe and then forced the bribe-taker to return it!

Posted on June 12, 2012

Imagine paying a bribe when demanded and then making the person shiver in his shoes and return the money!

One of our respondents from Delhi… Read more