4 Quotes by Mihir S. Sharma

This is the kind of corruption we understand, the corruption of the petty clerk writ large, and so this is the kind of corruption we look for. This is the kind of guilt we expect and understand: personal, targeted, involving suitcases. We really need suitcases.

Somehow, India needs to make Indians think Rocket Singh is more likely than Guru.

Better people are possible to create, even in Delhi.

The CAG chose to indict Manmohan Singh by starting its study of coal mine allocations from 2004, the year he took over. Why? Because that is when the government first mused that coal block auctions might be a good idea. So Dr Singh gets indicted – for having the right idea in the first place. Talk about perverse incentives. He should have just kept quiet – not something that’s often said about Manmohan Singh.