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Maintain civic sense, don’t break rules


The quirky characteristics of Indians is very interesting! Though undisguised, many of us are unabashedly uncivil. May be it is in our genes to be uncivil but how long can we continue to wonder ,'Why are we like this only? 

Shouldn't we learn to respect queues and maintain civil sense? We take pride in spitting from a car, throwing banana skin from buses and urinating in public places, subverting rules and breaking queues.

Our shortcomings have been our identity which we humbly accept doing nothing to overcome them. The mindset has to change and unless we make things better for ourselves without taking shelter in, "We are like this only", the world will look at us with contempt.


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Bureaucracy today is a pale shadow of its halcyon past

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Published Nov 25, 2021, 8:10 PM IST
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Most of the aspirants wish to say that they are keen to become part of bureaucracy to 'serve the public'. There are honest and hardworking bureaucrats in the services whose path-breaking initiatives have touched the lives of many. But for some, bureaucracy has become a synonym for incompetence, corruption and inefficiency. In some cases, the bureaucracy has lost its conscience and grit to stand for the right cause. The Civil Services, which were once regarded as the iron…

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