In India, Suitcases of Money Buy Admission to College

By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND

Bombay

Aspi Doctor dreads this time of year. Until the admissions season for the fall session ends in July, the principal of Tolani College of Commerce is virtually a prisoner in his own office. He barricades himself behind his door and doesn't answer the phone. He watches outside his window for local politicians and their thugs who appear at the...

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