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Activist H D Shourie, 93, dies

The 93-year-old retired Indian Civil Services officer and founder of Common Cause is survived by two sons and a daughter.

H D Shourie: Common Cause warrior till the end

Shourie served the public for more than 30 years as an Indian Civil Services official but actually he never retired from public service till he breathed his last.

'We don't need distributors'

Confessions of a 'Khan Market gang' member

'If Khan Market today -- a neon-drenched spectacle of blingy shops and pricey eateries -- is what it is, it's not due to the dramatic shift in political dispensations, but because free-market India is another country,' notes Sunil Sethi.

'Why was the government not prepared?'

'Post Independence, it is for the first time that people have Rs 500 in their pocket, but the family is sleeping without food.'

Fight against corruption: How ordinary people made a difference

The roots of the cancellation of 2G telecom spectrum licences and coal blocks lie in two non-profit organisations - Common Cause and CPIL.