“One of the biggest curses from which India is suffering — I do not say that other countries are free from it, but I think our condition is much worse — is bribery and corruption. That really is a poison. We must put that down with an iron hand. . .” These words were not addressed to crowds near India gate in the Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption campaign last month. Instead, they were spoken by Muhammad Ali Jinnah addressing Pakistan’s constituent assembly in August 1947.