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year of corruption

The angry Indian

With a dangerous drift in our democracy and a lack of vision of what we want to be, India is now fighting one crisis after another

Corruption as a tool of Rajapaksa rule

In October this year, President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka used his constitutional powers to grant a special pardon to a politician

Nipping corruption in the bud

British politics is remarkably free of corruption compared to most other countries, including Europe and USA.

Outsiders on Walled Street

That the fall of the mighty South Asians in the biggest insider trading investigation on Wall Street was brought about by another South Asian tells it all.

A spring breeze in Arab hearts

The world is supposed to end next year, if you go by Hollywood’s proph-ets of dooms.

Corruption quiz

From former telecom minister A. Raja’s arrest to Anna Hazare’s serial fasts, from the acrimonious debate surrounding the Lokpal Bill

The elite rebels

A wise old man once told me that (at least in the countries of the subcontinent) corruption is rampant because it works for everybody.

Hockey has sticky issues

There was a shock wave across India when the national men’s hockey team failed to qualify for the 2008 Olympics.

This year the game was shamed again

The game went through a tumultuous year and cricket’s well-wishers would only hope that none of the crises that visited the glorious institution

Kickbacks!

In its 107 years of existence, FIFA has survived many a crises, both political and financial. In the 1930s British associations quit in a row over amateurism.

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