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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 MattersCracking the whip
The Union Government has decided to wield the stick against IAS and IPS officers of the joint AGMUT cadre (formerly Union Territory cadre)...
Mandrin MattersFrom Punjab comes this tale of an exemplary career in government being cut short because a senior bureaucrat came up against the first...
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...
Cover StoryMandrin MattersIn the service of the public
India’s civil servants need to go beyond the call of duty but the reality is just the opposite At a felicitation in Pune...
GovernanceMandrin MattersFreedom from political talons
The Civil Services Bill, 2009 will liberate babus from the tyranny of transfers, among other vital changes A few days after UPA II...
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