| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 812910587X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-8129105875 |
| No of pages | 359 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Rupa & Co |
| Published Date | 01 Feb 2004 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 812910587X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-8129105875 |
| No of pages | 359 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Rupa & Co |
| Published Date | 01 Feb 2004 |
TSR Subramanian retired as the Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India. He has since become a forceful advocate of governance reform. The PIL, TSR Subramanian & Ors v. Union of India led to the 2013 Supreme Court decision hailed for bringing about genuine civil service reform.
Subramanian has a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University, and has previously published Journeys Through Babudom and Netaland: Governance in India.
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T.S.R. Subramanian's book is anecdotal, combining wit with irony. It incisively pieces together the gradual decay in public administration in post British India. The growing subservience of the bureaucracy to the political system unravels, step by step. A self serving elite is formed that is preoccupied with its vested interests.
The voice of the common man goes unheard. The poor continue to remain in poverty. The humor and crispness of the narrative barely conceal this underlying theme TSR bases his book on his rich repertoire of experience and a prodigious memory for detail.