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I’ve just bought a new car (in Neerja’s name, naturally, since she uses it 90% of the time. My 10% quota consists of taking…
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/
I’ve just bought a new car (in Neerja’s name, naturally, since she uses it 90% of the time. My 10% quota consists of taking…
When was the last time you heard our revered Prime Minister recommend a film to his MPs and colleagues ? In fact, I am…
It was April of 1971, a pleasant day in Delhi. I was standing in a line at a counter in Hindu college, waiting to…
It is generally assumed that the term “bureaucracy” pertains exclusively to the government. This is a misconception, the creation of a lazy media and…
To keep the synapses in my rapidly deteriorating brain functioning I always ask myself a trick question every week, and attempt to answer it…
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…
The present government at the centre is in no hurry to meet its grandly proclaimed targets. We have it on the authority of the…
[In medieval England a warm water bath in a tub was a luxury. So whole families would indulge in a community bath a couple…
I have for some time been convinced that Moses ( of Old Testament fame ) was THE original bureaucrat. The anecdotal evidence is pretty…