Comment Pieces

Caricature of Constitution-II: Lokpal Doubles Up As Investigator And Prosecutor

Posted on August 02, 2011

One of the demands made in the Lokpal Bill is to provide the committee with powers to sanction prosecution where applicable. Currently, a public servant… Read more

You be the Judge

Posted on August 02, 2011

Should the Lokpal Bill cover the Judiciary too is a debate raging currently across the country. ? But even as this post was being written, the… Read more

Capitalism as a bogey

Posted on August 01, 2011

This interesting piece talks about the confusion surrounding the concept and definition of `neo -liberalism ' and also examines why corruption seems… Read more

Lokpal bill and the Prime Minister

Posted on August 01, 2011

According to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), the estimate of loss to the exchequer owing to the 2G spectrum scam is Rs. 1.22 lakh… Read more

********** Hazare makes citizens feel like Dilbert

Posted on August 01, 2011

So the Government has gone ahead and cleared one version of the Lokpal Bill. Evidently, Anna and his team are not pleased with this turn of events.… Read more

Money flies out of the window !

Posted on July 30, 2011

A journey abroad is always fraught with excitement. New places to see, new  cultures to absorb and new experiences to collect. If your paperwork is… Read more

A constitutional value for privacy

Posted on July 30, 2011

Writer Usha Ramanathan explores the relationship between a transparent state and a private citizen, and argues that in the pursuit of transparency… Read more

Investigative journalism and breaking the rules

Posted on July 30, 2011

While Nick Davies at the Guardian became an overnight hero when the News of the World scandal broke, questions are also being raised about the ethics… Read more

The Old Man And The Sleaze

Posted on July 30, 2011

What it is that makes a media tycoon end up with feet of clay ? In the wake of Mr.Murdoch's tainted reputation, here's an interesting comment on the… Read more

Can World Soccer Root Out Corruption?

Posted on July 30, 2011

Football fans across the world are going through shock and dismay as the ugly shadow of throwing and match fixing crawls off the cricket pitch and… Read more