Blurb: Nitish Kumar’s landslide victory shows that there is much that is beginning to shine in the new India.

There are winds of change in India that can only gladden the heart further of eternal optimists – and to even bring cheer to the pessimists. Let us recount what has happened in India over just the last two weeks. For the first time in anyone’s memory, there is a beginning of accountability, and even the beginning of a crackdown, on corruption. (See the seemingly accurate forecast contained in “CWG – the Peak of Corruption”, Indian Express, Sept. 30, 2010). Ministers have been made to resign, inquiries have begun, individuals have been arrested, and even an honest PM has been wrapped on the knuckles for not being more forthcoming on corruption.