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ControversyGovernanceMandrin MattersUPSC Final Interviews: Merit or Caste?
Despite reservations, caste and economic backwardness cannot supersede merit. This is why the Union Public Service Commission’s latest decision to share the Caste...
Global ScanGovernanceMandrin MattersH1B Visa: Are Indians are going to benefit from the US visa renewal process?
With the debate over H1-B VISA holders, who are in large numbers from India, being drummed up to a crescendo by Republic (GOP)...
Mandrin MattersSunset for the Chogyal
Iwas having lunch when I got a call from Kewal Singh, the foreign secretary, asking me to report to him immediately. It was...
Mandrin MattersDiplomacy extraordinary
THE assignment to Fiji has been hazardous to Indian envoys at the best of times. For historical reasons, the envoys are looked upon...
Mandrin MattersA singular summit
SUMMIT meetings have become a standard feature of international diplomacy in the twenty-first century. Leaders meet each other with a frequency which is...
Mandrin MattersChameleon service
A RECENT battle of wits between a Chief Minister and his bureaucrats has thrown into sharp relief an interesting issue – the varying...
Mandrin MattersIs the IAS being privatized?
THE economic dailies have been reporting that several mid-career IAS officers have either joined or are in the process of joining companies such...
Mandrin MattersWhat a fall, my countrymen!
ONAugust 15,India will complete Shastipoorthi, ie 60 years of independence. With the 1948 batch being its first, the Indian Administrative Service, the nation’s...
Mandrin MattersOf kings, coronets and cabinets
The visitors’room adjacent to the Cabinet Secretary’s chamber has a board listing the names of people who have occupied this post since Independence.It...
Mandrin MattersOfficers sans godfathers
This year’s Padma Vibhushan awardees include two distinguished civil servants – Naresh Chandra and NN Vohra. In these babubashing times, this is an...
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