An unprecedented anti-corruption campaign has spread across India as veteran Gandhian activist Anna Hazare sits in a hunger strike in New Delhi. The cause is one that touches everyone: ridding India of corruption for good.
Official statistics show that rape is the fastest growing crime in India compared to murder, robbery and kidnapping. Every 60 minutes, two women are raped in this country, according to India's National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). A total of 20,737 cases of rape were reported in 2007, registering a 7.2% increase over the previous year. Instances of forced marriage of young girls by militants are also on the rise in Indian Kashmir.Indian Women's Rights Rally
As the world observed the International Anti-Corruption day on December 9, 2008, India slipped further in the global corruption perception index released annually by corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI). In India corruption is widely seen as contributing to poverty, stifling economic growth, debasing democracy, a midwife to terrorism, trafficking of women and threat to human security.
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