India's Anti-Corruption Movement
September 22, 2011 Thursday AT 3PM CT

 
 

Sixty-four years after Gandhi's non-violent movement brought an end to British rule in India, the Indian masses are back in the streets. Led by Anna Hazare, a man whom many hail as a new Gandhi, the movement is going after their own leaders this time, protesting the government's failure to address wide-spread and rampant corruption.



Guest
  • Sumit Ganguly, Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, and Professor of Political Science, at Indiana University in Bloomington
  • Jim Yardley, Pulitzer prize winning journalist, and Delhi-based correspondent for the New York Times
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