NEW DELHI, April 12 -- Today corruption is not seen as a dire problem meriting what Jeremy Bentham calls "the superintendence of the public", which essentially paraphrases into regulation through the force of public opinion.
The bare truth is that after the unceremonious dumping of a venal UPA government in 2014, the majority in this country has been beguiled by the big spin that over the last seven years, this government has largely cleansed the Augean stables of the stigma of corruption that dogged the country since Independence.
So imposing and squeaky clean is PM Modi's public image that the millions swearing fealty to him have amplified his personal integrity to the extent that it has even subsumed criticism of corruption in his gov...