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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, Opinions February 24, 2020 February 22, 2020

Getting A (Non)Sense Of The Budget

My mathematical skills have always been in doubt; I do not have a head for figures, except the hour glass ones, and the sands…

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Blogs, Opinion, Opinions February 17, 2020 February 16, 2020

Delhi Elections – The Poison Has Run Its Course

A poison can only be combated one way- by the infected body producing its own antibodies to counter the venom. The struggle is painful…

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Blogs, Opinion, Opinions February 10, 2020 February 9, 2020

Radicalisation Is Not A One Way Street

” Radicalisation”- the action or process of causing someone to adopt radical (extreme) positions on political or social issues. (Cambridge dictionary) The conventional or…

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Blogs, Environment, Opinion, Opinions February 3, 2020 February 3, 2020

Fudged Figures, Solemn Promises, Disappearing Trees

Caught up in the maelstrom of divisive politics, India is silently but surely sliding into an environmental abyss under Mr. Modi’s watch. The latest…

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Blogs, Opinion, Opinions January 27, 2020 January 26, 2020

Authoritarianism And The Law Of Unintended Consequences

 In the millennia to come, when our history is written ( not, however, by the likes of Mr. Rakesh Sinha, MP or Mr. Dina…

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Blogs, Opinion, Opinions January 20, 2020 January 18, 2020

The Yearning For Learning

Article 51 (1) of our Constitution enjoins upon us to develop a critical temperament, to encourage the spirit of inquiry and reform, one reason…

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Blogs, General, Opinion, Opinions January 13, 2020 January 12, 2020

Why India And Arvind Kejriwal Are On Test In Delhi

Elections to Delhi have been announced for the 8th of February 2020. Winning these elections may be important for Kejriwal, but it is even more…

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Blogs, Opinion, Opinions January 6, 2020 January 4, 2020

It’s Time For India To Reclaim The Spirit Of Federalism

One fault our Prime Minister cannot be accused of is of keeping his word or of delivering on his promises, whether it is the…

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Blogs, Opinion, Opinions December 30, 2019 December 28, 2019

The Long And Short Of The Haircut

For somebody who has passed the life expectancy age in India I have a middling cluster of hair fallicles on my head. Nothing, of…

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Blogs, Opinion, Opinions December 23, 2019 December 22, 2019

A Week Of Shame But Moments To Be Proud Of

Our judiciary had an opportunity to redeem its somewhat dubious recent record this last week, but as the saying goes it never misses an…

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