[Reader-list] Low Cost Campaign Against Corruption

[A. Mani]

"In May, Samudaya organised a 15-day campaign travelling to schools,
colleges and public spaces in villages, towns and cities, to talk
about the C-word. However, not limiting its discourse to simple
bribe-taking, the campaign's discourse was rooted in the need to
establish links between the culture of 'crony capitalism' that has
provided fertile ground for corruption over the last decade. Through
posters, publicity material, booklets, music and theatre, these
complex linkages were demystified. For instance, a simple poster
charted how the reported Net Profits of Reliance Industries Limited
(excluding the younger Ambani's ventures) grew from Rs. 212 Crore in
1980 to Rs. 1,994 Crore in 1992 to Rs. 8,405 in 1995-96 (less than
half a decade after economic liberalisation) to a whopping,
mind-boggling Rs. 89,124 Crore in 2005-2006. The bustling neo-liberal
economy saw this figure rise to Rs. 258,651 Crore in 2010-2011.
Posters highlighting the growth in income of politicians and
businessmen, while contrasting this with the swelling woes of the
working class, not only drove home the message that corruption is not
an issue to be seen in isolation, but also located it in the larger
quagmire of the growing nexus between global capital and neo-liberal
economics."...

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http://www.pragoti.in/node/4433

Fighting Corruption or Politics of Narcissism

http://www.pragoti.in/node/4430

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