Comment Pieces

LPG providers constantly ‘out of gas’

Posted on June 11, 2012

By Juwairia Mekhri

Procuring a gas cylinder connection or booking one has always remained a major headache. To add to it, gas… Read more

Retd official pays Rs 16 lakhs for a false charge

Posted on June 11, 2012

While a number of bureaucrats of the Haryana Civil Services (HCS) have been in the dock recently for money laundering  and other unethical activities,… Read more

The unique language of a bribe-taker

Posted on June 09, 2012

By Manisha Yadav

Bribe-takers have a way of conveying their message for money to you. One needs to be a bit sharp to… Read more

Bribes can take many avatars!

Posted on June 09, 2012

Gift an official’s daughter a flat and a car. Voila! you get the housing site of your choice allotted.  That’s how one of our respondents… Read more

Innocent individuals pay up to escape harassment

Posted on June 08, 2012

Imagine being totally innocent of an offence as well as the rage that can occur when you have to pay Rs 2,000 as bribe to escape punishment for it. 

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The men are corrupt, so are the women

Posted on June 08, 2012

By Manisha Yadav

Women have now claimed parity with men on most fronts now. Looks like they are now catching up on the corruption… Read more

Your friend is dead? So what, give me my money

Posted on June 07, 2012

Imagine you have lost your friend in a train accident and at that terrible moment of grief, you are confronted with a demand for a petty bribe from… Read more

Do you have the guts to stand up to corruption?

Posted on June 07, 2012

By Juwairia Mehkri

It takes real courage for one to swim against the tide. That is exactly what a few honest individuals… Read more

Toll Scam rocking our highways

Posted on June 06, 2012

Toll booths are emerging as centres of corruption. If you make the mistake of going past one of them in an expensive vehicle, be prepared to suffer… Read more

Bribes taken by babus shake common man

Posted on June 06, 2012

The CBI’s arrest of five IAS officers in connection with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is another blot on the bureaucracy.

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