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The mystery of India’s deadly exam scam

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Rather surprising, I did hear about the scams in Indian education, but this beats it all. People dying because of a scam? That's pathetic.

People in India are killed for scams of far lesser magnitude. Being an Indian I sometimes feel really bad about what my country has become.

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This sort of corruption is still running strong here in India. A few days ago an acquaintance of my father told him that he knows a guy who can get her daughter a government job for a fee of 8 lakhs (~$12,000). And that he would go for it, given he had this much money. The sentiment was that he treats this bribe as an investment, which can be recovered from the job salary in a couple years and is worth it.

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Rather surprising, I did hear about the scams in Indian education, but this beats it all. People dying because of a scam? That's pathetic.

People in India are killed for scams of far lesser magnitude. Being an Indian I sometimes feel really bad about what my country has become.

Do you feel like it is getting better or worse?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

People in India are killed for scams of far lesser magnitude. Being an Indian I sometimes feel really bad about what my country has become.

Do you feel like it is getting better or worse?

This is my belief. It was worse when Congress was in power. Now that Modi is in power, I'm hopeful India's state would improve.

But this goes without saying, I don't really know. No one really knows. Modi has committed a lot of atrocities during his term as a CM for Gujarath.

The only feeling that sticks with me is, fear/uncertainty of future.

Still not sure why I'm being down voted. I did provide some reasoning as to 'why' I'm being uncertain.

Re: The mystery of India’s deadly exam scam

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

People in India are killed for scams of far lesser magnitude. Being an Indian I sometimes feel really bad about what my country has become.

Do you feel like it is getting better or worse?

That's debatable considering your current position in the society and your point of view.
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