Best Book Mart

SUBJECTS

ADV. SEARCH

Home > Subjects > Political Science

On a Clear Day You Can See India: The Little World of the District Official in India`s North East

	On A Clear Day You Can See India: The Little World Of The District Official In India`S North East by C. Balagopal
	Price : Rs 399.00
	Your Price : Rs 311.22

A glimpse into the intricacies and challenges of governing remote and overlooked areas in the North East

`Balagopal, this is Kerala. This is not Manipur!

This was a refrain that I often heard and was something that I only gradually came to understand. It was clearly based on the unstated premise that Manipur belonged to a region that was quite different from the rest of India, where presumably even the laws were different (not true) and where the administration approached issues from a very different perspective (quite true).

Using notes and diaries from his days as an IAS officer, C. Balagopal presents a collection of anecdotes from his brief sojourn in Manipur nearly three decades ago. A clear-eyed look at the nitty-gritty of governance in the remote north east of India, On a Clear Day, You Can See India is embellished with Balagopals memories which were remarkably fresh despite the passage of time. With a narrative that tries to steer clear of commenting on the contentious issues and tensions that arose in the area after Balagopal`s departure, we see how the administration working in distant district and sub-divisional headquarters contends with issues at the ground level, far from the legislatures and High Courts and get a glimpse into the inner processes of a typical small government office.

ISBN - 9789350296875

Pages : 240