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India: Between Majesty and Modernity

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The Struggle Against Corruption: A Comparative Study

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In the August issue of the Chronicle of Higher Educations, Ann Overland reported on the dismal state of access to higher education in India. She wrote, “Until the admissions season for the fall session ends in July, the principal of Tolani College of Commerce is virtually a prisoner in his own office. He barricades himself behind his door and doesn’t answer the phone. He watches outside his window for local politicians and their thugs who appear at the gate, demanding seats for their constituents’ children.” Mr. Doctor, who is the principal of the “government Tolani College,” confided to Overland, “letters keep pouring in. Phone calls keep coming, but we don’t answer,” he said. “[W]e never return any of the calls. People used to barge into our offices, talking in a menacing way. That’s why we had to call the police” (Overland 2002)

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Chadda, M. (2004). India: Between Majesty and Modernity. In: Johnson, R.A. (eds) The Struggle Against Corruption: A Comparative Study. Perspectives in Comparative Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403981004_5

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