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...Bollywood producer Pritish Nandy fears conservative critics will use the scandal to attack both journalism and entertainment. "Did you know Lady Chatterley's Lover is still banned in India? This only gives a leg up to the crazy prudes who think that's a good idea." Tehelka boss Tarun Tejpal knows how aggressive journalism can boomerang. After publishing a report on alleged corruption in arms sales under the previous government, his main investor was jailed, advertisers were warned off, and staff so tied up in court cases that Tehelka?which means "sensation" in Hindi?collapsed. Back at the helm...
...There are some reasons to hope for progress. With politicians "scrabbling for the low ground," says Tehelka.com founder Tarun Tejpal, there are plenty of opportunities for India's free and increasingly enterprising media to "cover itself in glory" with expos?s. The judiciary, too, has begun to play a much more active role. The Supreme Court last week ordered the transfer of a long-stalled $15.5 million graft case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalitha across the state border to Bangalore, saying there was a "strong indication that the process of justice is being subverted...
...date, however, few politicians, bureaucrats or policemen exposed by the media or courts have been called to account. Corruption trials sometimes take 10-20 years to complete; the conviction rate for graft is just 6%. "There has to be some retribution," says Tehelka.com's Tejpal. "Otherwise we have no system." To some, the system is already down. "We've come to accept that for the time being, there's no way out," says anticorruption campaigner Singh. "We're into the abyss and we're only going to sink further...
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