Comment Pieces

SC bail to 2G accused is a balanced judgement

Posted on November 29, 2011

The latest judgement of the Supreme Court granting bail to the accused in the 2G Spectrum scam created quite a storm. Soli. J. Sorabjee former Attorney-General… Read more

Anti-corruption campaign fails reality check

Posted on November 29, 2011

The anti-corruption protests that began as a movement for the implementation of the all-encompassing anti-corruption legislation, the Lokpal Bill,… Read more

Language barriers: A cause for corruption

Posted on November 28, 2011

“I recently purchased a new car. As I was driving along the SRP tools junction, a group of traffic police officers signalled me to a halt.… Read more

Governance please

Posted on November 28, 2011

The Lokpal will do no more than create another layer of possibly corrupt officials over the already existing ones. As this logic has been heading most… Read more

Fight against corruption goes online in Russia

Posted on November 28, 2011

Lebed, a group of intellectuals, journalists, scientists and public figures of the Vladimir region in Russia together with Transparency International,… Read more

It's simply jugaad!

Posted on November 28, 2011

Jugaad is a peculiar Indian way of getting things done. It is labelled as a unique creativity that Indians have to overcome or work around any constraint.… Read more

Slow but steady blocks to justice in India

Posted on November 25, 2011

Summary: Our judicial trials progress at a snail’s pace, as we have seen in the case of former telecom minister Sukh Ram. Given… Read more

A matter of two choices

Posted on November 25, 2011

In the aftermath of the Anna Hazare movement many viewpoints and perspectives around checking corruption surfaced. One such proposal suggested legalising… Read more

The rise of popular aspirations

Posted on November 25, 2011

New Delhi and New York now symbolise the fight lead by citizens against weak and corrupt governments.  Public outcry and popular aspirations… Read more

When openness is unfreedom

Posted on November 25, 2011

Citizens and various civil society activists are riding high, emotionally, on the wave of transparency, anti-corruption and clean governance. Various… Read more