Corruption Archive

  • There will be no change until there is a sagacious leader who has the moral temerity to appeal and challenge the conscience of the people at large.

    It is the people and not Lokpal

    Posted on October 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
    There will be no change until there is a sagacious leader who has the moral temerity to appeal and challenge the conscience of the people at large.

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  • There is no one to own responsibility. The concept of collective responsibility which is the bedrock of parliamentary democracy has been killed in India.

    India – A Banana Republic?

    Posted on August 18, 2011 | 2 Comments
    There is no one to own responsibility. The concept of collective responsibility which is the bedrock of parliamentary democracy has been killed in India.

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  • Prashant Bhushan, one of India's leading advocates, is facing contempt proceedings after he alleged in an interview that eight of the last 16 Chief Justices of India were corrupt. His father and India's former law minister, Shanti Bhushan, recently sought to implead himself in the contempt petition filed against his son. The father-son duo's attempt to cleanse India's higher judiciary of corruption is courageous but former attorney general Soli Sorabjee thought otherwise. The letter is in response to the unfortunate remarks by a very senior legal luminary.

    Corrupt judges: Open letter to Soli Sorabjee

    Posted on September 22, 2010 | 4 Comments
    Prashant Bhushan, one of India's leading advocates, is facing contempt proceedings after he alleged in an interview that eight of the last 16 Chief Justices of India were corrupt. His father and India's former law minister, Shanti Bhushan, recently sought to implead himself in the contempt petition filed against his son. The father-son duo's attempt to cleanse India's higher judiciary of corruption is courageous but former attorney general Soli Sorabjee thought otherwise. The letter is in response to the unfortunate remarks by a very senior legal luminary.

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  • The investigation agencies should also concentrate on the bribe givers and reveal their identities. The government and agencies should not act in a partisan manner (as they usually do) of revealing what is in their political interest and not in their economic interest. Is the government also culpable of bribe taking like Koda allegedly is? All the MoUs signed by Koda should be canceled as they are anti-nation and anti-people. They have been signed for bribes and do not benefit the nation.

    Koda scam: Reveal the identities of bribe givers

    Posted on November 24, 2009 | No Comments
    The investigation agencies should also concentrate on the bribe givers and reveal their identities. The government and agencies should not act in a partisan manner (as they usually do) of revealing what is in their political interest and not in their economic interest. Is the government also culpable of bribe taking like Koda allegedly is? All the MoUs signed by Koda should be canceled as they are anti-nation and anti-people. They have been signed for bribes and do not benefit the nation.

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  • Our iron ore is finite, unlike the venality of our politicians and kleptocrats. And so, according to conservative estimates, it will last for another 60 years. Under the circumstances, should we start exporting it to China at a throwaway price (compared to what it will fetch when the commodity gets scarce) to the detriment of the future generations? Or should we be conserving the resource and exploiting only that which is needed for the development of the country? Are we not stealing from the future generations?

    Selling India’s natural resources

    Posted on November 22, 2009 | 3 Comments
    Our iron ore is finite, unlike the venality of our politicians and kleptocrats. And so, according to conservative estimates, it will last for another 60 years. Under the circumstances, should we start exporting it to China at a throwaway price (compared to what it will fetch when the commodity gets scarce) to the detriment of the future generations? Or should we be conserving the resource and exploiting only that which is needed for the development of the country? Are we not stealing from the future generations?

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  • This documentary by FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman investigates the shadowy side of international business, shedding light on multinational companies that have routinely made secret payments -- often referred to as "black money" -- to win billions in business. Watch this very interesting story involving British aerospace giant BAE, the Saudi royal family, and an $80 billion international arms deal known as Al Yamamah, or "The Dove" in Arabic.

    Black Money: A revealing documentary by Frontline

    Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
    This documentary by FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman investigates the shadowy side of international business, shedding light on multinational companies that have routinely made secret payments -- often referred to as "black money" -- to win billions in business. Watch this very interesting story involving British aerospace giant BAE, the Saudi royal family, and an $80 billion international arms deal known as Al Yamamah, or "The Dove" in Arabic.

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  • Does it appeal to reason that against Rs. 700 crore of investment the nation should pay over Rs. 24,000 crore? If such are the rates, it will be better that Govt make lumpsum payment to the contractor by levying another cess of a rupee or two on every litre of petrol/diesel sold in the NCR to defray these expenses.

    Biggest ever loot of hard earned public money

    Posted on April 8, 2009 | 4 Comments
    Does it appeal to reason that against Rs. 700 crore of investment the nation should pay over Rs. 24,000 crore? If such are the rates, it will be better that Govt make lumpsum payment to the contractor by levying another cess of a rupee or two on every litre of petrol/diesel sold in the NCR to defray these expenses.

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