TY - BOOK AU - Singh, Tanuja Megha and Kumar, Pawan TI - Corruption, gender and the paradox of freedom in INDIA: Why gender matters in anti corruption policy and strategy? CY - Bihar Journal of Public Administration KW - Corruption, Gender, Democracy, Freedom, Political, Participation, Viksit Bharat. N2 - 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 BR - AR138875 ER -