Your editorial on the three reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) higlighted the need for accountability by governing institutions (“Accountability – Is It Just a Word?”, EPW, 1 September 2012).
In “Aesthetics of Civil Society” (EPW, 19 May 2012) Yoko Taguchi offers her commentary based on the “Fight the Filth” campaign in Mumbai. But the instances observed do not seem to be in line with the manifestations of civil society in India.