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Guest DeskThe Augean Stables
Since becoming an adult, I have interacted extensively with civil servants. In the milieu that I grew up in, they were considered the...
TrackingHS BRAHMA The 1975-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre has been appointed Election Commissioner. T NAND KUMAR The 1972-batch IAS officer of the...
First Stirrings‘Bureaucrats have to adjust to the political mindset’
I hail from a family of bureaucrats. My father was an IAS officer in Maharashtra and my grandfather was a school inspector. I...
By the WayLike Minister, like Secretary
The famous trickle-down effect is so very apparent in the Ministry of civil aviation. The Secretary, Civil Aviation, M Madhavan Nambiar, gives two...
Bric a BracPranab treads warily minister eyes top post
Pranab Mukherjee is displaying extreme caution. It seems he does not want to give any leverage to anybody that might jeopardize his final...
Bric a BracChauhan’s astute move tackles belligerent minister
In BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, politics is known to be volatile. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan appears to be in command yet, at the...
BlogRing-side view
Doordarshan, the host broadcaster for the Delhi Commonwealth Games (3-14 October, 2010), will be responsible for producing and distributing objective and unbiased television...
Stock DoctorGo for the short term, avoid risky stocks
We are again witnessing massive re-leveraging of the public sector in advanced economies with all its unintended social consequences. The net effect of...
Talk Time‘Goa is all for clean tourism’
In June 2007, following the Goa Assembly elections, Digambar Kamat got the ultimate nod from the Congress high command for the Chief Minister’s...
TrackingSHAHABUDDIN YAKOOB QURESHIThe 1971-batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre is the new Chief Election Commissioner. S VIJAY KUMAR The 1976-batch IAS officer of...
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