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Flight Control

Rajeev Deshpande

Indian civil aviation has come a long way from backroom policy manipulation by private players and mismanagement by officials

Indian Entitlement Service

PR Ramesh

A stadium to walk the dog and other privileges

Connecting Point

Jayanta Ghosal

Within a short period, AK Sharma has become the main communication bridge between the UP government and the PMO

Post-Retirement Largesse

Virendra Kapoor

When politicians reward blatant displays of partisanship

With many top posts going to specialists from the allied services and the induction of a fresh batch of lateral entrants, the civil services are undergoing their biggest transformation since independence

High Priest of Red Tape

PR Ramesh

Tuhin Kanta Pandey has honed building roadblocks into an art form

A Tale of Two Menons

G Sreekumar

Comparing VK and VP is odious. They made the best of what destiny offered them

The Case of the Rickshaw Coolie Murder

MJ Akbar

How two unrelated incidents in imperial Simla helped end the British Empire

Indraprastha

Virendra Kapoor

The jinx of a global broadcaster, tale of a Nirav Modi showroom, and beeline for Rajya Sabha seats

What Was Alok Verma’s Problem?

PR Ramesh

Adhia can smile again | Nothing’s for sure | Gehlot versus Pilot | Passing the Rathore test

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bureaucracy

Flight Control

Indian Entitlement Service

Connecting Point

Post-Retirement Largesse

Unseating the IAS

High Priest of Red Tape

A Tale of Two Menons

The Case of the Rickshaw Coolie Murder

Indraprastha

What Was Alok Verma’s Problem?

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