The insider's view : memoirs of a public servant (Record no. 61554)
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| fixed length control field | 01843cam a2200169 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780670085859 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 352.63092 |
| Item number | JAV/I |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Chowdhury, Javid A. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The insider's view : memoirs of a public servant |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Penguin viking |
| Year of publication | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi, 310 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In this illuminating memoir Javid Chowdhury shares his varied experiences over four decades in the IAS: the years in training, when he imbibed the service s ethos and values; his initiation into the rural universe as the District Development Officer and the District Magistrate; and further on, to his handling of the infamous Bank Securities and Jain Hawala scams as Director of Enforcement and Union Revenue Secretary.<br/><br/>With a light pen, Chowdhury describes the changing social profile and attitudes of entrants to the higher civil services; the nepotism, in many garbs, that he encountered as Establishment Officer; and the stranger than fiction tortuous investigations of crimes. He also offers his nuanced reflections on the dubious legacy Gujarat acquired as a result of the communal carnage in 2002.<br/><br/>Chowdhury further examines how policymaking within government came to be whittled away under the neo-liberal theology, with key scrutiny being left to external expert think tanks and ad hoc groups. As a consequence, he perceives that public accountability came to be inordinately diffused, resulting in the roller coaster governance that we witness today.<br/><br/>Sharp and insightful, replete with telling anecdotes and amusing sketches of icons, colleagues and ministers, The Insider s View is a compelling portrait of the author, a self-confessed welfare socialist, besides being an X-ray of the innards of the bureaucracy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civil service |
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| Koha item type | BK |
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| LC control number | 2012353713 |
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| Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 11/08/2021 | 499.00 | 352.63092 JAV/I | 53599 | BK |