by SAIKAT DATTA
Lobbying, manipulation, subversion and media management in India has a new name. Niira Radia. Its exposure has left some whining about “the India story”, while others are lamenting the “invasion of privacy”. The 800 new Radia tapes accessed by Outlook and released partly on its website earlier this week are an exploration of India’s underbelly. The upshot—despite the protestations of infringed privacy—is that public policy, formation of the Union cabinet, distribution of the country’s natural resources all became subject to the cynical game she played using her vast “contacts” list, which included ministers, industrialists, politicians, bureaucrats, fixers and journalists.
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