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India’s Lokpal Bill – no early law in sight

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, May 22, 2012 3:01AM UTC View Comments

India’s anti-graft legislation will take some more time, maybe never even become law. On May 21 the Centre manoeuvred to stall the law and referred the matter to another sub-committee of Parliament – this time a Select Committee of Rajya Sabha or the Upper House. There is a deadline – the “first day of the...

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Opinion: Reservation for minorities takes Indian politics to old terrain

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:17AM UTC View Comments

After having spent almost a year in getting polarized on the issue of corruption in low and high places, Indian politics appears to have returned to the precipice of its old fault line –schism on basis of religious identity. By announcing a sub-quota for religious minorities under Other Backward Castes category for reservation in government...

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How do Indian movies tackle corruption?

By Sriram Vadlamani Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:00PM UTC View Comments

Corruption is a hot topic in India right now. But the magnitude at which the megalomaniacal politicians are swindling tax payers money was too big to ignore. Thus the India Against Corruption and Anna Hazare’s movement has started. Government was ill-prepared for this kind of people’s movement. The Lokpal Bill is the method in which...

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A Twitter app for India’s fight against corruption

By Sriram Vadlamani Sun, Jun 05, 2011 12:12PM UTC View Comments

India against corruption has released a Twitter app to take India’s fight against corruption to the next level. The app will read your tweets online, sees who you follow, follows new people, update your profile and post tweets on your behalf. The app has already attracted more than 115 users with access to 14490 people....

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