Dilip Cherian's Blog

Dilip Cherian Blog Dilip is considered India's foremost Image Management guru and resident iconoclast. He wavers between irrational exuberance and cataclysmic gloom but can be influenced at mail@dilipcherian.com

20 August 2010 ~ Comments Off on Mission unaccomplished

Mission unaccomplished

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Mission unaccomplished In the end, the much-hyped “Meter Jam” campaign flopped in the three metros – Mumbai, Bangalore and Dilli – but the organisers aren’t ready to write it off either. Going by the response on Facebook and other social networking sites, the campaign to “teach auto and cab drivers a lesson” certainly helped to […]

13 August 2010 ~ Comments Off on Way to go

Way to go

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Way to go In one fell sweep, three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have been compulsorily retired for an unsatisfactory service record. This could well be the thin end of the wedge, if the trend catches on. Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has given marching orders to two senior IAS officers in the […]

09 August 2010 ~ Comments Off on Way to go

Way to go

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Way to go In one fell sweep, three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have been compulsorily retired for an unsatisfactory service record. This could well be the thin end of the wedge, if the trend catches on. Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has given marching orders to two senior IAS officers in the […]

27 July 2010 ~ Comments Off on Sibal’s babus

Sibal’s babus

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Sibal’s babus Human Resourcea Development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal’s zeal for reform is not limited to changing the examination system and educational institutions, where his efforts have elicited a mixed response. He is equally keen on reforming babus in his own ministry- where his attempts have hit a wall too. Mr Sibal has now got […]

06 July 2010 ~ Comments Off on Wages of privilege

Wages of privilege

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Wages of privilege In the aftermath of the destructive Bharat Bandh, cynicism about political parties and parliamentarians is specially high. So every time MPs propose pay hikes for themselves, it’s the government that has to calibrate its response to make the salary hike more palatable to the public. They (the aadmis, I mean) quite rightly […]

05 July 2010 ~ Comments Off on A bill to reform

A bill to reform

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A bill to reform Many retired bureaucrats looking for reemployment with one or the regulatory authority may have reason to worry over Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s remarks that retiring secretaries should not become regulators of industries they had overseen while in service. Mr Ahluwalia, during a discussion on the bill for regulatory […]

29 June 2010 ~ Comments Off on Roaring forties?

Roaring forties?

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Roaring forties? Dilli is starved of First Family fodder but obsesses about every sliver that’s available. So the big question now is: what’s with Rahul Gandhi and his 40th birthday trip? Flying commercial seems a hazard for him now. Besides the obvious security snafus, he has had a double whammy this trip. First his Virgin […]

29 June 2010 ~ Comments Off on Common goal

Common goal

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Common goal Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar’s unprecedented one year extension put paid to the hopes of two batches of aspirants for the post. But it is an indication of the high comfort level Mr Chandrasekhar enjoys with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that a tweak in the rules ensured the Cabinet Secretary remains in saddle until […]

21 June 2010 ~ Comments Off on A babu’s legacy

A babu’s legacy

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A babu’s legacy With the Ambani brothers no longer at war, will the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) breathe easy? It had received some unwelcome attention during the tenure of its former chief V.K. Sibal. Though Mr Sibal has now gone back, the spotlight has remained fixed on the organization, with the Central Vigilance Commission […]

14 June 2010 ~ Comments Off on Market player

Market player

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Market player Trend spotters in the corridors of power have noted an interesting correlation between markets and babus ensconced in certain ministries in the capital. Apparently, many senior bureaucrats like others more market-vulnerable, dedicatedly follow the business news channels in their offices when the markets are open for business. So sometimes a bureaucratic pronouncement is […]

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