IAS (retd) with a distinguished career of 40 years - worked in Army, Govt, Private, Politics & NGOs.
90 Articles0 CommentsTHE anti-corruption rhetoric has been the flavour of the last several seasons with a political party morphing out of it and briefly capturing...
ByMG DevasahayamMarch 9, 2014SHAKESPEARE’S Macbeth has a poignant quote: “Nothing in his life/Became him like the leaving it”. This refers to the execution of Thane of...
ByMG DevasahayamFebruary 9, 2014SCHOLARs believe that the name ‘Haryana’ came from the words Hari (sanskrit Harit, ‘green’) and Aranya (forest). At its formation in 1966, Haryana...
ByMG DevasahayamJanuary 9, 2014Flawed EVMs or money power, the Election Commission is simply shutting its eyes to solutions Weeks before the election to the 15th Lok...
ByMG DevasahayamSeptember 9, 2009There is little in the Budget to fulfil the stated goal of re-energizing government so how will it happen? Presentation of the annual...
ByMG DevasahayamAugust 8, 2009A few days after UPA II took office, a mainstream newspaper informed readers: “The end of the transfer-posting-raj is in sight. Bureaucrats are...
ByMG DevasahayamJuly 8, 2009The Civil Services Bill, 2009 will liberate babus from the tyranny of transfers, among other vital changes A few days after UPA II...
ByMG DevasahayamJuly 7, 2009The Prime Minister has a mandate – now he should govern Egged on by screaming media anchors, exit pollwallahs and armchair analysts, the...
ByMG DevasahayamJune 6, 2009What is taking place in the electoral arena is commerce rather than the democratic exercise of the right to vote Six decades ago,...
ByMG DevasahayamMay 5, 2009Corruption and injustice have rotted our system to the core “Slumdog is just every scrap of dirt picked up from every corner and...
ByMG DevasahayamMarch 3, 2009