01063nam a22001457a 4500 533380 533380 260519b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Singh, Tanuja Megha and Kumar, Pawan 60666 Corruption, gender and the paradox of freedom in INDIA: Why gender matters in anti corruption policy and strategy? Bihar Journal of Public Administration 22(2), Jul-Dec, 2025: p.283-297 This paper examines the practice of democracy in contemporary India through the interrelated lenses of corruption, gender and freedom. It argues that democratic governance in India has largely been shaped by a liberal rational understanding of freedom that priorities Institutional procedures and formal equality, while paying comparatively limited attention to the everyday social conditions through which freedom is experienced by citizens. –Reproduced Corruption, Gender, Democracy, Freedom, Political, Participation, Viksit Bharat. 60667 Bihar Journal of Public Administration AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 408556 IIPA IIPA 2026-05-19 22(2), Jul-Dec, 2025: p.283-297 AR138875 2026-05-19 AR