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TV gets bored of ********** series

Posted on October 14, 2011

After all the sensation that the recent anti-corruption crusade generated, in the last few days news anchors have become increasingly ambivalent in… Read more

Is the Jan Lokpal Bill a holy cow?

Posted on October 14, 2011

As Team Anna rides strong on Our Way or the Highway attitude, voicing out against the Jan Lokpal Bill has become synonymous with supporting corruption.… Read more

Corruption - Out of sight, out of mind?

Posted on October 13, 2011

Alejandro Salas, the Regional Director for the Americas at Transparency International talks about the ways in which corruption has plagued Latin America… Read more

How to restore government’s credibility?

Posted on October 13, 2011

Vinod Rai, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in this thought provoking article looks at the ways in which our government’s credibility… Read more

Golden ghoos

Posted on October 13, 2011

Vote-bank politics has always been the at the centre stage of the political environment in India. Are quotas and reservations a politically correct… Read more

The building blocks of corruption

Posted on October 12, 2011

We all know that corruption has a significant impact on economy and business. But in a recent study conducted by KPMG, ( Survey on Bribery and Corruption… Read more

The enemy within

Posted on October 12, 2011

In the past one has come across scams and scandals involving the defence department.  Authored by award-winning investigative journalists - Glenda… Read more

What ********** may say in his open letter to India Inc

Posted on October 12, 2011

With the Indian corporate leaders writing their second open letter to the government highlighting the need for urgent reforms on governance deficit,… Read more

Is Lokpal above the elected representatives in a democracy?

Posted on October 12, 2011

As Team Anna strike backs at the Congress, campaigning against their candidate in Hisar, noted politician Digvijay Singh questions the politics behind… Read more

No **********, you are not above Parliament

Posted on October 11, 2011

While protests and fasts are a legal way of protesting in a democracy, is the fast-unto-death strategy a democratic and legal way of showing dissent?… Read more