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'''J. N. Jayashree''' is an Indian [[whistle blower]], a housewife who reported on corruption in [[Karnataka]] state and created a [[wiki]] to protect her husband, M. N. Vijayakumar, a [[bureaucrat|worker employed by the state]]. The latter had accused government officials of taking bribes and kickbacks and engaging in "garden-variety pilferage."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/05/technology/05whistle.html Anand Giridharadas, "In India, Protecting a Whistle-Blower," ''New York Times,'' 5 July 2007]</ref> The wiki was created to generate awareness, Jayashree said she didn't want her husband to end up like [[Shanmughan Manjunath]] or [[Satyendra Dubey]], who were found dead after they reported on corruption in a public company and a government department, respectively. | |||
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* [http://fightcorruption.wikidot.com/ Fight Corruption Wiki] created by Jayashree | * [http://fightcorruption.wikidot.com/ Fight Corruption Wiki] created by Jayashree | ||
* [[Podbharti]] podcast featuring an [http://www.podbharati.com/episode-8/ interview with Jayashree] (in Hindi). | * [[Podbharti]] podcast featuring an [http://www.podbharati.com/episode-8/ interview with Jayashree] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216135026/http://www.podbharati.com/episode-8/ |date=16 February 2023 }} (in Hindi). | ||
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J. N. Jayashree is an Indian whistle blower, a housewife who reported on corruption in Karnataka state and created a wiki to protect her husband, M. N. Vijayakumar, a worker employed by the state. The latter had accused government officials of taking bribes and kickbacks and engaging in "garden-variety pilferage."[1] The wiki was created to generate awareness, Jayashree said she didn't want her husband to end up like Shanmughan Manjunath or Satyendra Dubey, who were found dead after they reported on corruption in a public company and a government department, respectively.
References[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- Fight Corruption Wiki created by Jayashree
- Podbharti podcast featuring an interview with Jayashree Archived 16 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine (in Hindi).
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