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India in the nitty-gritty

Former Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar's memoir is a remarkable account of the many events that took place during his tenure, including the Mumbai terrorist attack

India in the nitty-gritty
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As Good As My Word – A Memoir

A K Bhattacharya
As Good As My Word – A Memoir
Author: K M Chandrasekhar
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 294+XIV
Price: Rs 599

A few months before he demitted office as Cabinet Secretary, K M Chandrasekhar had taken an interesting decision during his visit to the Mussoorie academy where newly recruited officers of the Indian Administrative Service undergo training. Even as he was filled with nostalgia for the days he spent as a young IAS officer at what used to be the Charleville Hotel, its then director, Padamvir Singh, recounted to the country’s topmost civil servant the difficulties he was facing in procuring from the state authorities

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