Dilip Cherian

Mar 31, 2010
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Dilip Cherian

Head hunting

After a rather tepid Cabinet reshuffle, the wait is now for the long expected changes in the upper echelons of babudom, not the least being who'll replace the tainted P.J. Thomas at the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). Among the names being considered, sources say, are Union finance secretary Sushma Nath and, maybe, even

The jungle warfare

Old babus often return to haunt you. More so in these times — sometimes aided and abetted by mantris and sometimes stymied by them.

Upping the ante

Have babus become pawns in the deadly cat-and-mouse game between the government and the Maoists? The abduction and subsequent release of R. Vineel Krishna, district collector of Malkangiri in Orissa, and a junior engineer, P.M. Majhi, has raised the troubling question, especially after chief minister Naveen Patnaik reportedly

Sheila’s men

The Delhi government has long chafed under the strong-arm tactics of the Centre, which holds most of the strings, including the power to transfer bureaucrats. Most recently, the Union home ministry’s decision to transfer four babus holding key portfolios got chief minister Sheila Dikshit riled. According to sources, Ms Dikshit had no

Dilli ka babu

War on corrupt

Dilli ka babu

Poll pressure

A cozy affair

Babus never retire but rise on to higher things. Depending on where they stand in the pecking order, a plum assignment after retirement is almost de jure these days.

Asset scan

With the huge `280 crore assets scandal in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) having just come to the fore, it looks like 2011 may be the year when babus are finally forced to disclose their assets. The man at the vanguard of the campaign is Bihar’s reformist chief minister Nitish Kumar. Though by no means the only political leader keen to bring babus’ assets into the public domain, Mr Kumar is clearly the most successful so far.

Dilli ka babu

Bitter brew

Dilli ka babu

A tale of two babus

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