Why is the BJP so afraid of the Aam Aadmi Party?
The Aam Aadmi Party's victory in the capital's state elections leaves India's biggest political player in disarray.
How the Indian Anti-Corruption Movement Scared Every Politician
The Aam Aadmi Party routed bigger players in the state elections for the national capital and I covered its ascent and the tectonic shift it effected in Indian politics.
Four features of the Lokpal Bill that make it ineffective
Soon after assuming power in New Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party drafts and passes an anti-corruption law far stronger than anything in the national statute.
Ten years after an engineer was murdered for exposing corruption, Indian bill lacks protection for whistleblowers
The New Delhi government's anti-corruption statute strengthens protection for whistleblowers, a feature absent in the national law.
Law would have helped me, says whistleblower on who exposed irrigation scam
A retired bureaucrat and whistleblower speaks about his struggles to expose a huge irrigation scam and the protection that the AAP's bill would have given him.
Indian Staples: Cricket, Scams and Saffron
In these articles I analyze in detail some of the enduring facts of life in India: scam marred sectors, cricket and match-fixing, the thuggish Shiv Sena of Mumbai, and the perquisites of being an Indian MP.
Indians rant about corruption in public life, so why don't they care about cricket scandals?
The match-fixing rampant in the Indian Premier League raised questions about the public's apathy to corruption in cricket.
Why the Shiv Sena's hooliganism against Pakistani band visiting Mumbai will backfire
The Shiv Sena, a right-wing party native to Maharashtra, whose capital is Mumbai, makes trouble even when musicians from Pakistan tour the city.
Maharashtra increases budget for scam-hit irrigation sector by Rs 1,000 crores
Overlooking the proven graft allegations in the irrigation sector, the Maharashtra state government pumped money into ambitious waterworks.
MPs' perks: iPads, bathroom tiles, free train rides for spouses
India's Members of Parliament are quite tech-savvy, as their digital perquisites indicate.
