A Life of Our TimesOrient BlackSwan, 1998 - 637 من الصفحات This book deals with the author s work in the administrative services, under the British and in the Indian administrative services. After Independence, the author, an ICS officer, continued to work in the Indian administration and was often deputed to foreign missions. His memoirs give us an insight about several critical moments in Indian and world history. |
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... British officials , we discovered their admirable qualities of devotion to duty , sense of humour , and innate kindliness and fair - mindedness , concealed beneath a natural shyness and reserve . Our early impressions , we realised ...
... British officials , we discovered their admirable qualities of devotion to duty , sense of humour , and innate kindliness and fair - mindedness , concealed beneath a natural shyness and reserve . Our early impressions , we realised ...
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... British troops . It was an educative experience , as I had little idea about these esoteric matters , but not one that I particularly relished . The rationing scheme was largely devised on the British model and its minutae in the ...
... British troops . It was an educative experience , as I had little idea about these esoteric matters , but not one that I particularly relished . The rationing scheme was largely devised on the British model and its minutae in the ...
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... British intentions as ' praiseworthy ' , feared they were ' rash ' . He pleaded Congressional opposition to any operational support , but eventually agreed to provide logistical assistance . The British government nevertheless decided ...
... British intentions as ' praiseworthy ' , feared they were ' rash ' . He pleaded Congressional opposition to any operational support , but eventually agreed to provide logistical assistance . The British government nevertheless decided ...
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Going Through the Paces | 32 |
Clodhopping Collector | 51 |
Changing of the Guard | 71 |
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