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First Stirrings
First StirringsDestiny’s child
It was Pluto who said that refusing to participate in politics means you are willing to be governed by your inferiors. I had...
First StirringsSomewhere over the rainbow
As a young student of history, I was always interested in travelling and adventure and knowing the cultures of other countries. My father...
First StirringsIn the line of duty
My first contact with an IAS officer took place when I was in Class X, in 1953. The officer was SR Das, 1949...
First StirringsSERVING INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY
WHEN I was Chairman, New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), one day I heard a lady arguing loudly with my Personal Secretary, insisting on...
First StirringsROMESH BHANDARI : RELUCTANT DIPLOMAT
THE best moment of my foreign service career is related to the hijack of August 24, 1984. Seven young terrorists hijacked an Indian...
First StirringsThe studious child prodigy
The student who ranked second in the 1968 IAS exam recalls CMs, Governors and memorable assignments ALLAHABAD is my home town, where my...
First StirringsI WAS born in a middle-class farmer family in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. I was very good in studies but burned the...
First StirringsThe PSUchamp
BELONGING to a middle-class family in Madras, I grew up imbibing certain values from my father, an accounts officer in the Comptroller and...
First StirringsEarly Steps of Young India
I earned an MSc in physics in 1946 and was pursuing further research. My research guide, Sir KS Krishnan, was doing collaborative research...
First StirringsPrabhat Kumar : Bitter sweet journey
I took the civil service examination by chance. But I stood first in the country in the examination. During the interview, the UPSC...
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