Shefali Kukreti
A lesson for the civil servant
Book>> Beyond Relocation, The Imperative of Sustainable Resettlement • Edited by Renu Modi • Sage • Rs 850 For the past two decades, the Indian civil society has been demanding a resettlement policy for people displaced by development projects. Rehabilitation is a bugbear of policy makers and civil servants. Many in the government are torn between the imperatives of ensuring economic
The weak wings
book >> The Caged PhoenixÀ Can India Fly • by Dipankar Gupta • Penguin India • Rs 550 In early 2007, India joined the club of trillionaires. The country’s gdp had touched the trillion-dollar economy. India became the world’s 11th trillion-dollar economy. It was another occasion to pat ourselves on our backs. Dipankar Gupta is amongst those who believe we congratulated
For jargon junkies
Book>> An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Good Governance • by Surendra Munshi, Biju Paul Abraham and Soma Chaudhuri • Sage, Delhi • Rs 270 The book under review is titled inappropriately. It should have been called the Intelligent Person’s Guide to Concepts and Theories of Good Governance, instead of the Intelligent Person’s Guide to Good Governance. The difference between the two
