Old-style corruption better

DOWN TO EARTH — Sunita Narain: " A journalist from the International Herald Tribune asked my opinion about what he called “modern forms of lobbying” that us multinationals operating in India engaged in. He was investigating how these companies were bringing their skills of influencing policy — from ‘planting’ stories in the media, to ‘engaging’ academics and scientists to counter debates, to ‘lobbying’ legislators — to India. "