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Rupa Publications India JOURNEYS THROUGH BABUDOM AND NETALAND by T S R Subramanian
TSR Subramanian’s book is anecdotal, combining wit with irony It incisively pieces together the gradual decay in public administration in postBritish India The growing subservience of the bureaucracy to the political system unravels, step by step A selfserving elite is formed that is preoccupied with its vested interestsThe voice of the common man goes unheard The poor continue to remain in poverty The humour and crispness of the narrative barely conceal this underlying theme TSR bases his book on his rich repertoire of experience and a prodigious memory for detail