Comment Pieces

Controlling Corruption : Treble seats in Lok Sabha and assemblies

Posted on August 26, 2011

Kingshuk Nag, Resident Editor, Times of India Hyderabad looks at the political and electoral reforms that can help control corruption. Is doubling… Read more

Has urban India arrived?

Posted on August 26, 2011

Has urban India arrived?
Ashutosh Varshney in his thought provoking article questions the choice of movement politics by the… Read more

Straight Talk: Candour on Corruption

Posted on August 25, 2011

 

On August 24 2011, ipaidabribe.com,  a Janaagraha  initiative, launched a new concept called Straight Talk - `Candour on… Read more

********** Hazare's campaign awakens middle class

Posted on August 24, 2011

 

Paul de Bendern talks about a heightened awareness and awakening amongst the Indian middle class who have long been apolitical and… Read more

A few questions for ********** worshippers

Posted on August 24, 2011

Salil Desai blames the Indian media for a one-sided coverage of the entire issue while emphasising the fact that the only way corruption can be truly… Read more

Spare Us the Gandhian Halo

Posted on August 24, 2011

 

Hartosh Singh Bal talks about the real implications of the proposed Jan Lokpal bill on our judicial system and wonders if the nation… Read more

The Lokpal- NCPRI approach: the right to differ

Posted on August 22, 2011

An informative article from Aruna Roy that examines the origins of the Lokpal Bill as the outcome of a large middle class mobilization on corruption… Read more

P. Sainath on the Jan Lokpal Bill

Posted on August 22, 2011

In this video, P.Sainath, the Rural Affairs Editor, The Hindu’s elaborates his position on the Jan Lokpal Bill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qfAyDVogxc

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I'd rather not be **********

Posted on August 22, 2011

In what could be considered a rather controversial stance, Indian Novelist Arundathi Roy discusses the rather impulsive urgency of the Jan Lokpal… Read more

The Taxonomy of Corruption

Posted on August 19, 2011

TR Raghunandan, ipaidabribe spokesperson and ex-bureaucrat takes a look at and defines the various types of corruption in this post.

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