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A TIDE

IN THE

AFFAIRS

OF MEN

Prateep K. Lahiri has had a distinguished career in the civil service as an IAS officer spanning thirty-six years and has held the positions of secretary in the Government of India successively in two ministries: the Ministry of Mines and the Ministry of Finance. Early in his career, as district magistrate in several districts, he had first-hand experience in dealing with communal conflicts and riots.

For about four years, he was Indias executive director on the Resident Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, with the personal rank of Ambassador. After retiring from the civil service, Lahiri was also associated with the media in the capacity of secretary general of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS), an apex chamber of the newspaper industry in India. He was also the chairman of the General Council and Executive Board of the ISM University, Dhanbad, a leading institute for technical education in the country. Author of Decoding Intolerance, this is his second book.

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This book is dedicated to the cherished memory of M.P. Sriwastava, M.S. Chaudhary, Sushital Banerji, S.B. Lal, R.P. Khosla, D.K. Saxena, A.N. Verma and Naresh Chandra outstanding public servants who were my mentors and role models.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

FROM THE TRENCHES

Scarcity and Sikh Sensitivity

Students Agitation and Mob Violence

Dealing with Drought and Scarcity in East Nimar

Communal Conflicts and the Dynamics of HinduMuslim Riots

Night-landing of the Chief Ministers Plane

IN THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

A Not So Healthy Health Department

Of the Tehri Dam and Earthquakes

Desperate Measures: Mortgaging of Gold Reserves

Corruption in High Places and Low

Manmohan Singh, the Man, Minister and Prime Minister

MISCELLANY OF EXPERIENCE

Bangladesh after Liberation

Encounter with Diamonds

The Story of Coal Mines Nationalization

Sojourn in Manila

Environmental Clearance for Development Projects and the Case of the MumbaiPune Expressway

Of the Print Media, Advertising Business and the Nizams Jewels

Interaction with Ministers & Thoughts on Achieving Effective Governance

Annexures

Index

Acknowledgements

After publishing my earlier book Decoding Intolerance: Riots and the Emergence of Terrorism in India, which was more of a research project on the subject of communal riots in India, I had been mulling the idea of sharing with the reading public certain experiences that happened in course of performance of duties and tasks assigned to me in different roles as a public servant. At the start of this venture I would like to mention the persons who have been there for me.

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