“To stem out corruption, the anti-corruption bodies should be empowered and the investigating agencies freed from executive control”, suggested B R Lall while delivering the monthly talk Vimarsh at VIF on the ‘Role of Investigating Agencies in Combating Corruption’. Noted columnist S. Gurumurthy gave an overview of the level of corruption in the Indian system and presented a detailed account of the ‘2G Spectrum Scam’ involving senior ministers, bureaucrats and private companies. He claimed that a systemic deficiency in pursuing corruption is on account and it is the manifestation of power of the corrupt and corruptor on the entire system. Political corruption, Gurumurthy added, can be reduced if politicians maintain honesty and probity in public life for which they can be accountable, thereafter.