Fight Against Corruption and Leadership Decay
Contents: Preface. 1. Corruption--nature\'s phenomenon. 2. Sinister national security threat. 3. Corruption--is India reneging its commitment to the UN? 4. Corruption in technology or knowledge age: relevance of ethics, morals and values. 5. India, an emerging corruption superpower--dawn of the age of scams. 6. India\'s corruption ranking. 7. The universal state of corruption. 8. Indian realities. 9. Causes of corruption. 10. Can parliamentary democracy contain curruption?11. Fight against corruption--Jayaprakash Narayan\'s total revolution. 12. War on corruption? 13. Anna Hazare\'s fast--second or third freedom struggle against corruption and poverty. 14. Strategic retreat--fight against corruption. 15. Joint committee to draft bill--reality of fraud? 16. Congress party at the cross-roads--opportunity to seize or perish. 17. Controversy over inclusion of prime minister, members of judiciary and MPs in Parliament in Lokpal Bill. 18. Role of civil society--can a few blackmail the parliament to subvert democracy? 19. Role of civil society--can a few blackmail the parliament to subvert democracy? 19. War against corruption--flip-flops. 20. Congress party counter-offensive against anti-corruption movement. 21. Corruption and judicial processes. 22. Leadership decay and corruption. 23. Corruption--necessity of reviewing RTI. 24. Media\'s role--fight against corruption. Epilogue.
Leadership incompetence, drift, ambiguity or decay is the root cause for the widespread daily violent agitations and protests in India. Corruption has been repeated highlighted as the most potent internal security threat by almost all great leaders from pre-independence days. yet, everyone has failed to counter its gargantuan envelopment of Indian society. If growth of corruption continues as hithertofore and the corrupt allowed to go free unashamedly, modern India will be sooner than later collapse unable to manage the contradictions arising out of the rich becoming richer and the poor becoming poorer--widening the economic divide.
The author has made a bold attempt to provide many faces of corruption for the readers to reach a balanced view of the ongoing concerns of civil society activists. Not only does his review of theoretical aspects of corruption provide a framework, but the list of scandals and scams provide hard evidence of the growth of corruption during the past 64 years.
Every single section provides insights in a broad outline and provides a sound basis for understanding the course India is traversing.
A must-read book for all Indians so that the Fight against Corruption is waged with courage based on conviction by a new crop of transformational leaders who can steer the course of the nation on a pragmatic path to realize its full potential with equity. (jacket)
Leadership incompetence, drift, ambiguity or decay is the root cause for the widespread daily violent agitations and protests in India. Corruption has been repeated highlighted as the most potent internal security threat by almost all great leaders from pre-independence days. yet, everyone has failed to counter its gargantuan envelopment of Indian society. If growth of corruption continues as hithertofore and the corrupt allowed to go free unashamedly, modern India will be sooner than later collapse unable to manage the contradictions arising out of the rich becoming richer and the poor becoming poorer--widening the economic divide.
The author has made a bold attempt to provide many faces of corruption for the readers to reach a balanced view of the ongoing concerns of civil society activists. Not only does his review of theoretical aspects of corruption provide a framework, but the list of scandals and scams provide hard evidence of the growth of corruption during the past 64 years.
Every single section provides insights in a broad outline and provides a sound basis for understanding the course India is traversing.
A must-read book for all Indians so that the Fight against Corruption is waged with courage based on conviction by a new crop of transformational leaders who can steer the course of the nation on a pragmatic path to realize its full potential with equity. (jacket)
