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“Over the years I have felt that both the IAS and IPS have developed a kind of feudal class consciousness that does not go well with the service to the people that India needs. Their initial idealism begins to diminish within a few years of service and they gradually become part of the furniture.”
― Beyond The Lines: An Autobiography
― Beyond The Lines: An Autobiography
“These days, every politician is a laughing-stock, and the laughter which occasionally used to illuminate the dark corners of the political world with dazzling, unexpected shafts of hilarity has become an unthinking reflex on our part, a tired Pavlovian reaction to situations that are too difficult or too depressing to think about clearly.”
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“...who tolerates, which is intolerable; who is kind, which is cruel; who understands, which is beyond comprehension...”
― Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
― Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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