Comment Pieces

Wardens make a fast buck in government hospitals

Posted on July 10, 2012

Government hospital wardens or nurses fleece relatives of patients who are admitted under their care for services that should ordinarily be offered… Read more

Poll Analysis | Bribe for Electricity

Posted on July 09, 2012

India’s biggest challenge has been battling power shortage in most cities.  Most metropolitan cities face this inconvenience on a daily… Read more

Poll Analysis | Bribes for Jobs and Job Promotions

Posted on July 06, 2012

How about shelling some extra cash for the post you desired? Ridiculous though this sounds, it has sadly been the reality in the case of many of our… Read more

Employee Insurance Scheme not upto its promise

Posted on July 05, 2012

By Manisha Yadav

Employees State Insurance is a government initiated scheme started in 1952 to benefit the workers in terms… Read more

When husbands also need protection from the dowry act...

Posted on July 05, 2012

By Rupsa Chakraborty

The Indian Judicial system formulated the Dowry Prohibition Act to rescue helpless wives suffering in… Read more

Cash flows down the drain to clean pipes

Posted on July 04, 2012

Garbage and sewage piled up or clogged in your drains is something that cannot be put up by anyone. Regardless of the numerous excuses given to fix… Read more

Paying taxes becomes a ‘taxing’ experience

Posted on July 04, 2012

By Juwairia Mehkri

Payment of taxes has become a give and take process these days. The property tax department officials manipulate tax payers,… Read more

Poll Analysis | Bribes for Certificates in Public Universities

Posted on July 04, 2012

I Paid a Bribe sees reports coming in about paying bribes for obtaining certificates from Public Universities. We conducted a poll on the site, Facebook… Read more

Cancer of corruption spares none

Posted on July 03, 2012

By Rupsa Chakraborty

Corruption has penetrated our system so deeply that greedy government officials do not think twice about… Read more

NGOs forced to kowtow to corrupt babus

Posted on July 03, 2012

By Manisha Yadav

With corruption manoeuvring its way into every section of society, civil societies are fighting an uphill… Read more