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Tales of corruption from almost every part of India appear regularly in both mainstream and social media. Consider a few examples:
- A retired chief financial officer of a prominent public sector enterprise had to pay bribes at every stage for an ambulance — for filing an FIR, at the crematorium, and even for the death certificate — after losing his 34-year-old daughter to a brain haemorrhage. From the police officer to the clerk in the municipal office, everyone demanded money for performing their basic duties. This was in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- A sub-inspector in Lucknow was
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