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Do You Have Corruption Fatigue ?

An effigy of demon king Ravana going up in flames during Dussehra festival celebrations in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh on Oct. 24, 2012.Mahesh Kumar A/Associated PressAn effigy of demon king Ravana going up in flames during Dussehra festival celebrations in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh on Oct. 24, 2012.

Remember Satyam?

Way back in January 2009, the head of the information technology company Satyam Computer Services admitted to what was, at the time, billed as India's biggest corporate fraud, to the tune of (gasp) $1 billion.

That number, and the fact that the scandal was prompted by the chairman's own regretful confession, seems a bit quaint now. Instead, there's a daily barrage of screaming newspape r headlines and screaming news anchors reporting on the latest allegations of corruption.

This unrelenting coverage has to a large extent been fueled by activist-turned- politician Arvind Kejriwal, as Manu Joseph pointed out in the International Herald Tribune on Thursday.  His vitriolic nonpartisan attacks on politicians are a foundation for launching his own political career. The media have been quick to latch on to his leads and have done solid follow-up reporting on some cases.

Mr. Kejriwal recently accused Salman Khurshid, India's law and minority affairs minister, of siphoning off funds from a trust meant for the disabled.  Other high-profile targets include Robert Vadra, son-in-law of the Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi, and Nitin Gadkari, president of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, both of whom Mr. Kejriwal accused of using their political clout to seek undue favors in personal business dealings.

The gove rning Congress Party and the leading opposition have used this opportunity to start a full-scale battle, taking pot shots at each other by throwing new names on the long list of allegedly tainted leaders. Virbhadra Singh, a Congress leader from Himachal Pradesh, was accused by the B.J.P. of tax evasion and graft in land dealings, as the state readies for elections.

So what's the average citizen, bombarded with endless examples of politicians doing corrupt things, to think? Are India's voters finally getting to a point where they don't care anymore?

We turned to - where else? - Twitter to get a sense of what people think.

Let's start with some reactions to the prime minister's office's Dussehra tweet on Tuesday evening: