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Eyes Wide ShutA Kafkaesque Trial In Our Times
In March 2013, a concerned group of ex-bureaucrats, including some former cabinet secretaries, met then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advocate for urgent...
Big Boss‘We’ throwing out the old system’
Vijayendra Nath Kaul joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1965 after securing a postgraduate degree in history from St Stephen’s College,Delhi.He was sent...
Big BossI told PM, civil servants cannot be part-time travellers
gfiles:You have served the government for 37 years. How do you evaluate this period in terms of governance? Yogendra Narain: This has been...
MilestonesHigh thinking, clean living
ANIL Kumar Singh, a 1984-batch Indian Forest Service officer of the Assam cadre, has vast experience in planning and implementation of a wide...
By the WayApang’s blunder,babu’s wrath
When babus decide to take on politicians, they mean business! Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang learned this the hard way. He had...
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...
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