By N. Vittal

Rs 499

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Corruption is arguably one of the biggest issues — if not the biggest issue — that is agitating people in India today. This is an issue that affects almost all sections of the population; the poor have to bear the brunt of corruption while those belonging to the middle classes better articulate their concerns in this regard.

This is a story about a hiatus between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law; an example of how loopholes in law can be exploited to defeat its spirit.