What do you do when buffaloes mysteriously eat away your green cover? Hunt down the real thick-skinned culprits that wallow in public funds! . . . → Read More: City Zen – Phantom trees and hungry buffaloes
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Corruption – that quick and dirty practice of allowing money to change hands to get things done in a hurry – inhabits our lives so pervasively. And what’s all the fuss about white and black money? Anyone who has received a crisp 1000-rupee note for no lawful reason will tell you it is a pleasant, peachy pink. Well, sometimes it doesn’t involve money at all. Enterprising government servants will accept your contribution in kind, perhaps even kindness. . . . → Read More: What would we do without it? Our inherent corruptibility is a Third World virtue, a sort of “common wealth” that binds us with a host of also-there-on-the-map nations with whom we have little in common besides terrorism, indelible poverty and chronic hunger. Since we have proven our pedigree by exporting our patented brand of corruption to postcolonial rackets such as the International Cricket Council, there can be no better testament to the validity of the Commonwealth Games than to host them in India. Except that amid the flurry of kickbacks, you may think it’s the FIFA World Cup all over again. What an emotional homecoming for corruption! . . . → Read More: Under the table and dreaming Kickbackistan is Thermal And A Quarter’s response to the corruption surrounding the Commonwealth Games 2010. . . . → Read More: Kickbackistan – kicking out corruption the TAAQ way |
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