Whispers Forum — 11 Jun 2022
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As long as Modi is at the helm of power BJP is there and as long as Rahul Gandhi is at the helm of affairs in Congress the party can never come to power.
Rajgopal
ICS Association lives on
Interesting news from Whispers! Anyone interested in public administrations in India needs to study the role of ICS to get a perspective. The British given their propensity for understatement say ‘They served India well’. Sardar Patel wanted to maintain the "steel frame" and modeled IAS after ICS. Even better than David Gilmour's book The Ruling Caste, is Phillip Woodruff's book The Men who Ruled India. The book tells us the story of the colonial period from ‘the other side’. While most people in India might have read the ‘national’ version of the British Raj story, this book gives an interesting counterpoint, which must be added to the mix to get a complete picture. The book gives an insider’s view on the way our land revenue system was formed – which, with minor changes, remains the same even today. One comes to know about the effort and application of mind put in forming the whole administrative and legal framework of the country, and then one understands why, despite 75 years of Independence, we are still unable to find viable ‘swadeshi’ alternatives to the same. Most importantly, it shows how a few good men can transform anarchy into stability, peace, and progress if their hearts are in the right place.
Prof N C Saxena