Many think he was framed for fighting what they see as a crude campaign against corruption.
Narayan's fiction has little to say about the crude and intricate corruption of Indian politics or the often overwhelming realities of India's urban life.
The Chevron Corporation says in federal court filings in Manhattan that footage it was provided from the Joe Berlinger documentary "Crude" demonstrated "pervasive corruption and fraud" by lawyers representing Ecuadorians who are suing the company, an accusation those lawyers vigorously dispute.
Mr. Kiir has been facing dissent over an economic crisis, largely the result of disputes with Sudan that have prevented it from exporting crude oil, and endemic corruption.
The Gandhis and Mr Singh also deserve more opprobrium than Mr French dishes out for the corruption and crude populism of India's recent governments.While presenting few new ideas, Mr French has a sometimes surprising tendency to lay claim to established ones.
They will almost all vote for Besigye to protest against Museveni's crude grasp on power and his corruption.
Nonetheless, on the whole, corruption by the disprivileged looks crude, vulgar and somehow more conspicuous that the corruption of the sophisticated.
As part of its defense, Chevron demanded 600 hours of outtake footage from "Crude," saying it could help the company show corruption and misconduct by the plaintiffs.
Increasingly, rising crude oil prices, a patchwork of government policies, mismanagement, corruption, neglect, the monopoly of the energy sector, and obsolete energy infrastructure have become major contributory factors to the supply shortfalls.
That news is generally as partisan, if not as crude, as what comes out of Pale: it focuses on corruption in Mr Karadzic's circle.
