Corruption

It has happened to me many times. I am up and ready all the time against corruption however, when it comes to me with getting saved by 100 Rs with the cop, I give it away for convenience. Unless we say, “I paid a bribe” and unless we stop…

Its bright sunny Monday morning and time for our weekly wrap-up. Let us look at some of the buzzing stories for last week. Interestingly, the start and the end of last week was both celebrated by India-centric Google Doodles. On Monday…

Until a year ago, it was of common knowledge that corruption is deeply rooted in India. However, it was the scandalous year 2010 that established this perception into fact. All the major scams – be it Commonwealth games fiasco, 2G spectrum…

Business ethics and corporate governance are the buzzwords in today’s corporate circles. It seems as though everyone is talking about them right from economic stalwarts to B-school professionals. In fact, there are courses being taught on…

With the saga of Spectrum Raja coming to a final inglorious end, it is time for catharsis & reflection. It is unbelievable that such a scandal feels like a new story, every time. The DMK and the Congress have shown defiance and have yet…

Commonwealth Games is in news for all the bad reasons and it would be unfair if we don’t cover this over here and present our views regarding the same! No. We don’t want to cover the illness of games or the Media’s exposure of Corruption,…

I was recently talking to an Indian friend who resides in America – he has been harping about coming back to India (Majority of them do, but very few actually come back). During our conversation, I realized one thing – He (like many others)…

Money can buy you anything... Paisa bolta hai (Money speaks)... Money hai toh honey hai... (If you have money, then you will surely get your love) You must have surely heard some of these phrases. Looks like our political parties…

By international, I mean games where participants are from more than 40 countries like the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, Asian Games , (our infamous) Commonwealth Games etc. These games are under the lens of camera and whole world watches this…

We all have been eagerly waiting for the Rupee Symbol to be finalized. It was supposed to happen in last week of June, but for some reason the Rupee symbol has not been finalized out of the 5 shortlisted ones. However, there is a…