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Civil servants

A retired bureaucrat speaks

The tongue-in-cheek title of the book that has nothing to do with the tiger or hunting is indicative of the author’s sense of wit that has enlivened the whole narrative. The strength of the book lies in its attempt to capture this involved process. The elegance of prose makes the intricate mechanism of governance interesting to the reader... A review

Festering discord

Could there be a more scathing indictment of Mr Modi’s brand of governance (the fulminations of Rahul Gandhi are a comparative pinprick) than the former civil servants making bold to declare.

Need for recruitment reforms

Union Public Service Commission, responsible for the employment and selection of civil servants, must adopt a holistic system to judge intellectual, administrative, and behavioural characteristics of an individual.