Taat - I am with you on the general thrust of your argument and share your hopes about the future. No suprise why courrption exists in a society like ours and much has been discussed about it on other thread on Sajha and other places too. But if I may, for someone like you who seems fairly objective, I still feel your analysis and rankings could have been backed with hard data and in the absense of which, it provides little more than amusement value. I hope you or some one out there with enough interest in the subject will actually do a hard fact and figures study to get as much of the truth out as is possible in a society and culture like ours. Till then I am willing to accept there is corruption in our society and will support punishment of courrupt individuals who ever they may be but I cannot condemn an entire institution or party as corrupt let alone attempt to rank them.