NOTES FROM ACADEME

India's Higher-Education Watchdog

By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND

Bombay

For years, Bhagvanji Raiyani wrote letters. He wrote them to government officials, complaining about secret admissions practices and illegal tuition fees. He wrote them to university vice chancellors, complaining about the sale of everything from answer sheets to places in medical school. But no one ever wrote back.

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