If, by the wave of a magic wand, we had a squeaky clean bunch of people running the Commonwealth Games, would we be able to do a fabulous job? Would we be able to do what Beijing did with the Olympics? As the dirt flies around our Games preparation, this is the question that’s been bothering me. So I am digressing from the world of personal luxury to explore instead what would definitely be a luxury for the nation today: a beautifully organized Commonwealth Games.
I was in Beijing a couple …

It is a no brainer that Corruption In India is at its rampant best.There is not one section of the society that is spared from it.Corruption in the form of bribery takes the cake and given that it begins at the grass root level makes it even more difficult to monitor and control.The Corruption and Bribery Report published at trak.in earlier , gives a detailed breakdown of the scale of the bribes and the reasons why bribes are given.
The striking though well known findings of the report points out …

There’s unrest, revulsion, confusion in the Indian youth, and the masses in general. They’re quite sure of what ails us, and how the common man gets taken for a ride, almost every minute, by a system so insanely inefficient and corrupt, but at the same time, they are quite helpless, not knowing how to attack it. Where to start.
Our society is quickly degenerating into chaos. There are police officials who molest the unsuspecting victims visiting their offices. There are religious gurus who molest their devotees. There are judges who influence …

Bull Shit
main sirf bhaashan nahi doonga, raashan bhi doonga
peene ka saaf paani bhi doonga
sarrkon ka jaal bicha doonga
koi ghareeb nahi hoga
koi foot path pe nahi soega
hindustaan ki chaand par ponhcha doonga
uhuh uhuh…
what happened?
i’m alergic to bull shit
bull shit… bull shit… bull shit…
i’m alergic to bull shit (x3)
[repeat]
mantri jee ka bhaashan (bull shit)
de ga sab ko yeh raashan (bull shit)
piyenge ham saaf paani (bull shit)
bull shit (x4)
[repeat]
apne haath mein dam hai re
apni laat mein dam hai re
ham kya kisi se kam hain
kisi se kam hain, kisi se kam hain re?
tu sun …

In Bhopal, more than 25 years after one of the biggest industrial disasters in the World, 20,000 people are still drinking poisoned water; 10,000 gas victims who were promised jobs remain jobless; medical treatment for the indigent victims remains elusive; the site and its surroundings are polluted, and the culprit – Dow Chemical – is freely doing business in India.
On December 3, 1984, a union carbide pesticide producing plant leaked highly toxic cloud of methyl isocyanate into the air of a densely populated region of …

The commonwealth games were bagged by Delhi in 2003. About 7 years back. While considerable progress has been made since then to make Delhi a world-class city, quite obviously, things could have been speedier. An increasing number of projects have got delayed or shelved, as the realization sets in that the Games are just a few months away. The Yamuna cleanliness has gulped a few thousand crores. The intelligent traffic management system has been shelved due to paucity of time. The buses will be a mix of low floor and …

The success of Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency KPK in fighting this menace should serve as a lesson for us. We could set up a similar agency to put an end to the evil practice of greasing palms. While other efforts have failed, this novel idea could work
The setting was Bali. The event an international conference on fostering democracy and the rule of law. The participants, lawyers, MPs and civil servants from six countries, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Nepal, Afghanistan and Myanmar. I was there …

Commonwealth Games (CWG) organizing committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has terminated the services of a financial expert appointed by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The move, according to a person familiar with the developments but who did not want to be identified, came after the officer, an appointment approved by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, declined to clear certain financial transactions which he believed were irregular. Sanjeev Mittal, a 1984 Indian Defence Accounts Service official, was served the letter of termination by the CWG organizing committee on 19 February and …

Becoming a private secretary to a chief minister seems to have become an easy route to riches in Jharkhand in the last four years. This week’s raids on current Chief Minister Shibu Soren’s aide M.L. Pal, which reportedly unearthed undisclosed assets worth Rs.65 crore, is just the latest in a long series.
Pal continues in his post as the chief minister’s personal secretary. Vivek, another ex-personal secretary of Soren, still moves around with the chief minister carrying files, though he does not have any official post.
Last year, the Central Bureau of …

Article taken from http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-ranked-84th-in-corruption-index/376796/
India continues to be widely perceived as a highly corrupt nation, with Transparency International’s corruption perception index (CPI) 2009 ranking the country at 84 out of the 180 surveyed. There is no significant difference from India’s earlier standing at the 85th position last year.
India’s integrity score, a major component of the survey, stands at 3.4 out of the highest score of 10, which indicates that the country has a long way to go as far as eradicating corruption is concerned. However, the good news is that India’s …