Timescrest.com http://www.timescrest.com The Times of India Crest Edition: Weekly edition with articles on coverstory, health, culture, world, society, life, opinion, sports. en-us Timescrest http://www.timescrest.com/images/logo-big.gif http://www.timescrest.com 358 55 May 22, 2013 Timescrest editor@example.com Whistling in the dark http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/whistling-in-the-dark-10332 2013-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2013/May/img_10332_32402_Pc0040400.jpg Cover story

The whistleblower is a rather lonely creature. In a society inured to scam and sleaze, he is the only one obsessing about the truth.


]]> Why spare private sector from disclosure? http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/why-spare-private-sector-from-disclosure-10333 2013-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2013/May/img_10333_32405_Pc0060700.jpg Cover story

The tilt in the pending disclosure Bill is not exactly designed to inspire people to turn into whistleblowers.

SHELVED: The whistleblower Bill was passed in the wake of the Anna campaign for Lokpal Bill. But the issue fell off the political map, and both Bills are stuck in Rajya Sabha


]]> Policy without premium http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/policy-without-premium-10335 2013-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2013/May/img_10335_32413_Pc0050500.jpg Cover story

Corporate India suffers from the Vibhishana complex - people who side with the right, against their own who are in the wrong, are frowned upon.


]]> Wind behind their back http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/wind-behind-their-back-10336 2013-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2013/May/img_10336_32415_Pc0051100.jpg Cover story

Dinesh Thakur and many others like him took advantage of the US culture and laws that honour and reward whistleblowers.

Films like 'Erin Brockovich' went a long way in changing perceptions about informers.


]]> Hounded, not out http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/hounded-not-out-10337 2013-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2013/May/img_10337_32419_Pc0051000.jpg Cover story

If you are a whistleblower in India, you are unlikely to be celebrated.


]]> A question of quality http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/a-question-of-quality-10340 2013-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2013/May/img_10340_32430_Pc0060600.jpg Cover story

What exactly did Ranbaxy do to get slapped with a $500m fine?

EXPOSED: As per USFDA report, Ranbaxy's quality control unit failed on various fronts


]]> Real stars http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/gallery/real-stars-10338 2013-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2013/May/img_10338_32422_Pc0050900.jpg Cover story

Across India, there are many stories of activists, victimised and assaulted.

SHANMUGHAN MANJUNATH A marketing manager at the Indian Oil Corporation, Manjunath was murdered for taking action against a corrupt petrol pump in Uttar Pradesh. An engineering graduate and an MBA from IIM-Lucknow, Manjunath had ordered the closure of two petrol pumps for selling adulterated fuel. But in spite of the orders, the pumps kept operating;Manjunath was shot dead on November 19, 2005.


]]> It is bad business to silence the messenger http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/it-is-bad-business-to-silence-the-messenger-10339 2013-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2013/May/img_10339_32428_Pc0060500.jpg Cover story

Tom Devine, legal director of the Government Accountability Project, has spent over three decades protecting whistleblowers the world over.


]]> Reel heroes http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/gallery/reel-heroes-10334 2013-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2013/May/img_10334_32407_Pc0040800.jpg Cover story

Some of Hollywood's most memorable heroes were whistleblowers.

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN | 1976 Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman play two Washington Post journalists, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who expose the Watergate scandal involving President Nixon


]]> Metallurgy meets metaphysics http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/metallurgy-meets-metaphysics-10295 2013-05-11 00:00:00 http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2013/May/img_10295_32301_Pc0060600.jpg Cover story

Many teachers believe that humanities and sciences can draw upon each other's strengths.


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