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Avay Shukla

Avay Shukla

Avay Shukla retired from the Indian Administrative Service in December 2010. He is a keen environmentalist and loves the mountains. He divides his time between Delhi and his cottage in a small village above Shimla. He used to play golf at one time but has now run out of balls. He blogs at http://avayshukla.blogspot.in/

Blogs, Opinion, OpinionsMarch 22, 2022<March 22, 2022

New Files, Same Old Guiles

When was the last time you heard our revered Prime Minister recommend a film to his MPs and colleagues ? In fact, I am…

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Blogs, Obituary, Opinion, OpinionsMarch 22, 2022<March 22, 2022

Home Is The Hunter, Home From The Hill

It was April of 1971, a pleasant day in Delhi. I was standing in a line at a counter in Hindu college, waiting to…

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Blogs, Health, Opinion, OpinionsMarch 6, 2022<March 6, 2022

Corporate Hospitals And The Trick Or Treat Business Model

It is generally assumed that the term “bureaucracy” pertains exclusively to the government. This is a misconception, the creation of a lazy media and…

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Blogs, Opinion, OpinionsFebruary 26, 2022<February 26, 2022

Indian Diplomacy And The Tact Of The Matter

To keep the synapses in my rapidly deteriorating brain functioning I always ask myself a trick question every week, and attempt to answer it…

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Blogs, Education, Opinion, OpinionsFebruary 21, 2022<February 21, 2022

Give Them Back Their Hijab And Education

Anyone who thinks that the anti-hijab campaign is about discipline and dress code needs to have his or her head examined. And anyone who…

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Blogs, Environment, Opinion, OpinionsFebruary 13, 2022<February 13, 2022

India’s Net Zero Target Is One Mirage Too Far

The present government at the centre is in no hurry to meet its grandly proclaimed targets. We have it on the authority of the…

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Blogs, Opinion, OpinionsFebruary 5, 2022<February 5, 2022

Throwing The Baba Out With The Bathwater

[In medieval England a warm water bath in a tub was a luxury. So whole families would indulge in a community bath a couple…

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Blogs, Opinion, OpinionsJanuary 29, 2022<January 29, 2022

It’s The Rules, Stupid !

I have for some time been convinced that Moses ( of Old Testament fame ) was THE original bureaucrat. The anecdotal evidence is pretty…

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Blogs, Opinion, OpinionsJanuary 23, 2022<January 23, 2022

A Letter That Diminishes The Indian Foreign Service

If you’re wondering how deep the rot has set into our society, and how autonomous the radicalisation of even the educated sections has become,…

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Blogs, Environment, Opinion, OpinionsJanuary 16, 2022<January 16, 2022

The Pall Bearers Of Planet Earth

I am gradually getting convinced of two things: one, all this ozone rattling by various COPs is getting us nowhere; and two, that economists…

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