Comment Pieces

Lokayukta's mining report may create a political storm

Posted on July 19, 2011

The final report on illegal mining by Lokayukta Justice may have names of about 600 officers and some politicians, cutting across party lines. Read more

What lies beneath the truth?

Posted on July 19, 2011

The UK hacking scandal exposes media-police ties. It is industry standard to bribe police officials for exchange of confidential information. Read more

News Corp faces global scrutiny

Posted on July 18, 2011

Media ethics and ownership being questioned with News Corp facing global scrutiny after the arrest of its former boss on charges of corruption Read more

Behind UP doctors' killings, multi-crore health fraud

Posted on July 18, 2011

Another instance of deep rooted corruption in our polity – when funds allocated for the National Rural Health Mission were misappropriated under the… Read more

The Supreme Court order on corruption is difficult to support

Posted on July 18, 2011

The order of the Supreme Court on corruption is being debated as a case of judicial overreach. What's your take? Read more

Tell us your rate

Posted on July 14, 2011

A peek into a few of the existing bribe rates in the Commercial Tax department of Karnataka

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Plain brown envelopes

Posted on July 14, 2011

New research by Professor Raghavendra Rau, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance, finds that firms bribing their way to contracts under-perform… Read more

Corruption and gestures

Posted on July 13, 2011

Have a look at what some readers had to say on our recently featured article,Read more

Team **********'s latest: Poll on Lokpal, in Sibal's backyard

Posted on July 13, 2011

Of the people, by the people, for the people and now, ‘to the people’ – In order to counter the criticism on the Jan Lokpal bill being a ‘representative’… Read more

It's not tough to fight graft

Posted on July 13, 2011

Considering a culture of bribery exists at every level of the Indian bureaucracy, may be what we need isn’t a Jan Lokpal but a cultural revolution.

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