Mr. Modi May Continue To Rule, But Can He Govern ?
If Bal Narendra had spent some more time in school instead of rushing off to sell tea at a railway station which did not…
Sunrise In Puranikoti
The sun doesn’t just rise in my village of Puranikoti ( 7000 feet, pop 190 ) – it explodes. One moment the eastern horizon…
Lest We Forget
At the entrance to the Hall of Remembrance in the US Holocaust Memorial, Washington, the following words are inscribed: GUARD YOURSELF AND GUARD YOUR…
Race To The Bottom
The year 2020, according to the Chinese zodiac, was the Year of the Rat; it actually turned out to be the year of the…
Book Review: Kinnaur – Unlikely Tales By Jogishwar Singh
A Tale Of Two Love Affairs Jogishwar Singh (IAS 1976) is the bureaucrat who literally came in from the cold- from his almost ten…
Of Probationers, Patwaris And Prophets
It’s impossible to get 10 IAS officers to agree on anything except the virtues of the Apex scale, which is why any contentious matter…
A New Year Resolution — Do Not Let The Bookstore Die
The times they are a-changing- no one makes New Year resolutions anymore, except perhaps Mr. Amit Shah and Mr. Adani. The former naturally resolves…
When A Diplomat Speaks
Before I joined the govt I thought “debriefing “ was something you indulged in with a lady on a lonely beach, a-la James Bond…
The New Tool-Kit For Your Car
I bought my first car in 1982, a second-hand FIAT, for Rs. 32000/. It was easy buying a car then: there were no NPAs…
Vaccination Ke Side Effects
My wife and I took our vaccinations on the third of this month. I was a bit apprehensive of the jab because I’d read…