Comment Pieces

Bribe-istan!

Posted on July 26, 2011

As experts debate and break down Chief Economic Advisor, Kaushik Basu?s startling proposition on legalising bribes, some others are taking a light… Read more

Narayana Murthy criticised over legalising bribe comment

Posted on July 26, 2011

While the corruption issue continues to be the hot topic of the year, here is Transparency International?s views on Mr.Narayan Murthy supporting Mr.Kaushik… Read more

TRIAL BY MEDIA - Television should have no role when criminal cases are in court

Posted on July 26, 2011

In lieu of the subjective reporting on stories ranging from the Lokpal Bill and Anna Hazare?s fast to the Maria Susairaj case, here is an article that… Read more

Launch second phase of economic reforms: FICCI

Posted on July 26, 2011

Now that the economic liberalisation programme has completed two years, experts feel its time for the government to look at the second phase of reforms… Read more

The legalization of corruption

Posted on July 26, 2011

Yahoo

“There's a simple way to eliminate the ill-effects of corruption, and actually make it contribute positively… Read more

Plausible deniability's not lack of responsibility

Posted on July 26, 2011

Globe and Mail

“The truth is that, when superiors put substantial pressure on their subordinates to achieve aggressive… Read more

The Creative Writer - The will to change?

Posted on July 25, 2011

"If the surfeit of scams in India were not enough, The News of the World fiasco currently unfolding in Britain should be enough to tell us what we are… Read more

Stolen state assets: World Bank report details daunting obstacles to recovery

Posted on July 25, 2011

Crime, corruption, and tax evasion by the global elite cost between $1 trillion and $1.6 trillion and hit poor countries especially hard, says the… Read more

No crony capitalism in India

Posted on July 25, 2011

"What troubled me since I first saw Anna’s ‘team’ is that it consists of people who are fraudulent in their interpretation of what lies at the… Read more

********** speaks to ********** on Yeddyurappa, illegal mining report

Posted on July 21, 2011

A new report on illegal mining in Karnataka names the Chief Minister, BS Yeddyurappa, his family and four senior ministers in his government. Read more