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Bric a BracWalia’s amusing ways
delhi minister forgets all Officials in the Delhi government are agog over the state of health of Health Minister Kiran Walia. She has...
Mandrin MattersFrom Punjab comes this tale of an exemplary career in government being cut short because a senior bureaucrat came up against the first...
TrackingBV WANCHOO The 1976-batch IPS officer of the West Bengal cadre has been promoted to the rank of DG. R GOPAL KRISHNANThe 1970-batch IAS...
First Stirrings‘It is easy to reinvent yourself’
My father’s family came to India from Saudi Arabia in 1840 and my mother’s with the Mughals in the 1520s. We have a...
By the WaySai Baba bond to the rescue
The administrator of Daman, Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DDDNH) might be quite insignificant for the rest of the country but certainly...
Bric a Brac‘IPL’s Modi, not Gujarat’s Modi’
One tweet by Lalit Modi and the lid was blown off a virtual Pandora’s Box. The then Minister of State for External Affairs,...
TrackingZOHRA CHATTERJI The 1979-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed Secretary, National Commission for Women. SAMIRENDRA CHATTERJEE The 1976-batch IAS officer...
BlogGovernanceRAPIDLY SPREADING ROT
INTERNECINE conflict, turf battles, naked influence peddling by lobbyists and lawyers, overlapping jurisdictions, lack of clarity on structure and mission, and inter-ministerial warfare...
Mandrin MattersHow bureaucracy over rules the Rule of Law
In the landmark judgment of the division bench of the Supreme Court on May 23, 2008 (CA No.7631/2002) in the case of Dev...
PUBLIC CORNERBanker’s honour and vanishing funds
In 2004 – six years ago – I wrote three pieces for the International Herald Tribune (IHT). They asked how they could pay...
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