Gora sahib syndrome in new India and the road ahead
By: Upadhyay, Ranvijay
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BookPublisher: IIPA Digest Description: 3(3), Jul-Sep, 2021: p.10-15.
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IIPA DigestSummary: Even after gaining Swaraj in 1947, why higher civil services in India are seen as a class apart from the common citizens? Why barring a few ‘conscientious’ public servants the large swathe is brimming with condescending and boorish vibes for fellow citizens? Why ICS which was transplanted as IAS in the politico-administrative structure of India amidst great stonewalling failed to strike a chord with the populace? When it was transplanted as IAS in independent India it successfully served the formative decades of nation-building till it was anchored by the dyed-in-the-wool Gandhians till the late 1960s. Later on, except for the ‘conscientious’ civil servants with the exemplary contribution to public service, the imperious and condescending conduct of some members towards the citizens of India (in whom constitutionally the ultimate sovereignty resides) leaves a lot to be desired. It is high time to undertake radical reforms in ‘the bureaucracy with an effusive colonial hangover’. This is indispensable to tailor it to be an enduring vector of public spirit in the omnibus body of public services in India. – Reproduced
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Even after gaining Swaraj in 1947, why higher civil services in India are seen as a class apart from the common citizens? Why barring a few ‘conscientious’ public servants the large swathe is brimming with condescending and boorish vibes for fellow citizens? Why ICS which was transplanted as IAS in the politico-administrative structure of India amidst great stonewalling failed to strike a chord with the populace? When it was transplanted as IAS in independent India it successfully served the formative decades of nation-building till it was anchored by the dyed-in-the-wool Gandhians till the late 1960s. Later on, except for the ‘conscientious’ civil servants with the exemplary contribution to public service, the imperious and condescending conduct of some members towards the citizens of India (in whom constitutionally the ultimate sovereignty resides) leaves a lot to be desired. It is high time to undertake radical reforms in ‘the bureaucracy with an effusive colonial hangover’. This is indispensable to tailor it to be an enduring vector of public spirit in the omnibus body of public services in India. – Reproduced
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