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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!
On August 15, India will complete Shastipoorthi, ie 60 years of independence. With the 1948 batch being its first, the Indian Administrative Service...
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...
Mandrin MattersDarkness at noon
In India, “good governance” is perceived as tinkering with civil services and constituting commissions for administrative reforms, pay and perks. There is hardly...
Mandrin MattersDeliciously inept!
India’s government is teeming with honest officials who break their backs to do a good day’s work. Yet, the perception persists that the...
Mandrin MattersFie thee, Mammon!
Higher pay and perks are no remedy for the steady calcification of career path and erosion of learning opportunities that demand innovative civil...
Mandrin MattersUncle Sam’s bear hug did the ministry of external affairs really think it could influence a veteran journalist when the issues are so clear?
The Asian Age of February 7had an article,‘Mulford’s Curi- ous Comments’, by journalistInder Malhotra—on US Ambassador David Mulford’s press conference on the eve...
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