Kickbackistan – kicking out corruption the TAAQ way

September 14, 2010

Kickbackistan is Thermal And A Quarter’s response to the corruption surrounding the Commonwealth Games 2010. Sing along. And keep your palms greased for the funny money.

This is the spoof currency note that I created for the Kickbackistan campaign.

Kickbackistan Funny Money

In its September 12 edition, The Sunday Guardian (veteran journalist M J Akbar’s current media venture) wrote about TAAQ’s campaign and gave the funny money some currency.

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