Is Gandhian Mode of Protest (Satyagraha) still relevant? Satyagraha is the method of resistance and mass movement developed by Gandhi during his days in South Africa and later epitomised in India during its freedom struggle against British Empire. Satyagraha was developed as a broad term for techniques of civil disobedience‚ non cooperation‚ hunger strike and protest. Satyagraha is a portmanteau of the Sanskrit words Satya (meaning "truth") and Agraha ("insistence"‚ or "holding firmly to"). For
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/india_agrees_to_protesters_demand_on_graft_panel/2011/04/09/AFFyy05C_story.html?wprss=rss_homepa ge http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/world/asia/19hazare.html http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/fms-students-study-annas-stir-against-corruption/1/18220.html http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-02/ranchi/30105617_1_munish-thakur-case-study-lokpal-movement Special thanks to Prof Cliff Oswick‚ Cass Business School‚ for Guidance and permission to use his
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1. U.C. Banerjee Commission :- Enquiry into Godhra carnage (railways) 2. Sarkaria Commission : Centre-State relations It was set up in June 1983 to examine the relationship and balance of power between state and central governments in the country and suggest changes within the framework of Constitution of India. It was headed by Justice Rajinder Singh Sarkaria‚ a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. 34. Shah Commission inquire into all the excesses committed in the Indian Emergency
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our former president Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam. India is awake day and night and is striving towards success and prosperity but most of the hard work is eaten by the politicians‚ govt officials‚ and beaurocrats etc…. People like arvind kejriwal ‚ anna hazare ‚ kiran bedi
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Rs 4‚000 cr stuck in Lavasa Jan 18 2011 ‚ Pune Ministry says city project is unauthorised‚ but offers to consider it on merits The ministry of environment and forests on Tuesday ordered Lavasa Lake City project near Pune‚ undertaken by HCC‚ to maintain status quo‚ saying it was unauthorised as it had violated green laws. However‚ the ministry said it was prepared to consider the project on merits subject to imposition of penalties‚ creation of an environmental restoration fund and formulation
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DEFINITION OF CORRUPTION Corruption is defined as the use of public office for private gain‚ or in other words‚ use of official position‚ rank or status by an office bearer for his own personal benefit. Following from this definition‚ examples of corrupt behaviour would include: (a) bribery‚ (b) extortion‚ (c) fraud‚ (d) embezzlement‚ (e) nepotism‚ (f) cronyism‚ (g) appropriation of public assets and property for private use‚ and (h) influence peddling. Activities such as fraud and embezzlement
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Important Observations of the Supreme Court and Murders of Whistleblowers. In Indirect Tax Practitioners’ Association v R.K.Jain the Supreme Court gave a precise meaning to the word whistleblower. “A whistleblower is a person who raises a concern about the wrongdoing occurring in an organisation or body of people. Usually this person would be from that same organisation. The revealed misconduct may be classified in many ways; for example‚ a violation of a law‚ rule‚ regulation and/or a direct
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this paper: The allegations of corruption and the peoples movement against corruption is one of the most debated topic in the last one year. The nationwide appraising for irradication of corruption from our democratic system‚ under the leadership of Anna Hazzare ‚had already attracted the attention of government and international media. The latest sitituation is that the central government has been forced to reintroduce the LOK-pal bill ‚ which has previously been unsuccessfull introduced 8 times in
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PGPX Making of Mahatma: A summary of presentations and discussions Abhishek G‚ Harsha M‚ Maulik G‚ Pranav S‚ Rajneesh K‚ Sanjiva S‚ Sreedhar G Introduction: Making of Mahatma We all know Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as a great leader‚ the torchbearer of peace‚ the frail man who made the mighty British bow to his non-violent means‚ the “Mahatma” who got independence for India. However‚ he was not born as a perfect leader. The movie presents the story of his transformation from an average
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------------------------------------------------- Dabbawala From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Mumbai Dabbahwalas A dabbawala (Marathi: डबेवाला); also spelled as dabbawalla or dabbawallah; literally meaning ("box person")‚ is a person in India‚ most commonly found in the city of Mumbai‚ who is employed in a unique service industry whose primary business is collecting freshly cooked food in lunch boxes from the residences of the office workers (mostly in the suburbs)‚ delivering it to their
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