Civil lines
(WorldNews Health)

NOT JUST A CIVIL SERVANT Anil Swarup Unicorn Books 200 pages ` 499 Advertising If not in ideology, at least in proximity, bureaucrats are the category of individuals closest to the power centres in the government. So when a recently-retired top bureaucrat decides to pen his memoir, expectations run high: Anil Swarup, who retired last year as Secretary, School Education, was also Coal Secretary under the NDA government. And after spending 38 years in the civil service, Swarup has written about his experience of serving under different political dispensations. However, what is disappointing is that instead of tell-all tales of run-ins with politicians, we just have broad hints of his spats...