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Jan Lok Pal: unconstitutional, unnecessary
The battle against corruption must be fought by strengthening existing instruments The debate on how to eradicate corruption, kick-started by Anna Hazare’s...
Big governments tend to be bad governments
Creating the constituency against corruption We Indians seem to love government. And we seem to love a lot of government. Whenever there is an issue to be...
Pass the mirror around, please
There is no substitute for greater engagement in public affairs Everything in India and about India comes with hype, emotion, drama and lots of theatre—even...
Office of the Lok Pal
M R Madhavan and Kaushiki Sanyal The agitation led by Anna Hazare against corruption touched a chord with large sections of the population. On April 8, 2011, the...
Why an ombudsman won’t help India
Henry Louis Mencken—the 19th century American essayist and satirist—once said “For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong”....
The sanctimony of statists
“It has been said that the kings in the past interfered with the religious endowments and why then do you now object to the interference of the State as now constituted?...
A secular state that runs Hindu temples
Photo: Abhinav Bhatt The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act of 1959 was amended in August of 2006. The amendment was more popularly known as...
Secrets of the cellars
The 8th century CE was a period of Hindu resurgence in Kerala. Adi Sankara, who wrote about Advaita with literary force and philosophic depth lived during this...
Laws on Antiquities and Cultural Heritage
The treasure found at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram has opened up the question of determining the ownership. Press reports suggest that...
Pareto
Tullock challenges for Facebook Gordon Tullock believed that what is important will be manipulated by the government. He was always sceptical of innovations which...
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