In India, an Official Puts a Webcam in Office - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Little Brother is watching you. Enlarge This Image Sanjit Das for The New York Times Oommen Chandy, the chief minister of Kerala. That is the premise for the webcam that a top government official here has installed in his office, as an anticorruption experiment. Goings-on in his chamber are viewable to the public, 24/7. In an India beset by kickback scandals at the highest reaches of government, and where petty bribes a
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Little Brother is watching you.
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That is the premise for the webcam that a top government official here has installed in his office, as an anticorruption experiment. Goings-on in his chamber are viewable to the public, 24/7. In an India beset by kickback scandals at the highest reaches of government, and where petty bribes at police stations and motor vehicle departments are often considered a matter of course, Oommen Chandy is making an online stand.
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