BOOK REVIEW
civil service
non-fiction
THE author
was a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the Tamil Nadu cadre
from 1968 to 2005. The book deals largely with his experiences as a bureaucrat
at the district, State and Central levels. He had further assignments in public
sector undertakings (PSUs) during 2005-2012. The use of the term ‘reluctant’ in
the title is puzzling. Can an officer be considered to be ‘reluctant’ when he
has not only completed, largely successfully, his entire career in government
without getting into a major controversy and has gone on to serve in PSUs for
five years after retirement? Or, is he to be described as ‘reluctant’ because
he resisted political interference in a rural development project during his
term as Collector and DM? Or do his experiences of humiliation during a few of
his Central assignments or postings justify the description?
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