Corruption

Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 18 : LOOSE SHEETS, DIARIES & SPREADSHEETS

REMEMBER the 1991 Jain diaries hawala case, which involved alleged bribes to politicians from several parties. Or the recent cases, when two of...

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Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 17 : The Twin Curses Of Earth And Sky

LOOK at some of unsavory global facts. There are possibly two dozen nations in the world that earn more than 50 per cent...

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Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 16 : Capital Drain, Capital Gains

IN the 1980s, the Indian public got to know of two sets of strange offshore entities that were based in global tax havens....

Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 15 : Havens, Heaven, and Hell

FROM the onset, the British Empire, initially through the East India Company (EIC), was founded on, and steeped in, corruption. As the first...

Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 14 : The Body Collectors

A decade ago, Business Week, a leading American business magazine, dubbed several of the US-based Indian software firms as “High-Tech Sweatshops”. These were...

Corruption

From Raj to Rafale 13: The Mysterious Mr Q

In the 1980s, an entire generation, or possibly two, read avidly about Mr Q, a Sicilian-Italian who was publicly known, but there was...

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Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 12 : Rob Peter to Pay Peter

For the past three decades, it proved to be the dreaded ‘D’ word. Disinvestment ensured that the cash-rich public sector undertakings (PSUs) remained...

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Corruption

From Raj to Rafale11:Bofors and After

THE investigations into the Bofors’ bribes were unique for several reasons. It was the first time in independent India that a huge defence...

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Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 10 Halal Street

Ever since the birth of the Indian stock market–the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the oldest in Asia, has its roots in the 19th...

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Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 9 Predators on the Prowl

IT started with a seemingly inconsequential policy to woo NRIs. In the 1982 Budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee allowed Indians settled abroad to...